Our adoption process was/is split between two organizations, ACCEPT, which handles our homestudy visits, reports, etc. and USAA, which translates our documents, interfaces with the Chinese government, and accompanies us to pick up our child in China.
There is a fair amount of paperwork and background checks which I find quite reassuring, and therefore don't really mind. However, it does take a little organization and planning.
An example: we got fingerprints which were sent to the State Department for clearance, got a written clearance from our local police department, and got fingerprinted again for the INS (now USCIS). Requires planning? Yes. Difficult? No.
Posted by christofu at February 17, 2004 10:30 PM