Postponing an adoption indicates an adoptive family who has received the “Notice of Coming to China for Adoption,” for whatever reason is not promptly able to travel to China to adopt, and wishes to postpone travel to China for adoption. With examination and agreement, the CCAA will issue a new “Notice of Coming to China for Adoption.” The CCAA requires that an adoptive family postpone the adoption no more than once and for no more than three months. Further, this application should be filed with the CCAA within the “Notice of Coming to China for Adoption’s” period of validity.

To postpone an adoption, the adoption organization must submit a letter to the CCAA office applying for the adoption to be postponed (original and in Chinese) containing the following:

(1) Title: Application Letter to Postpone Coming to China for Adoption
       (2) Name of the adoption organization submitting the adoption dossier
       (3) Name of the adoptive family (according to the name(s) on the passport(s))
       (4) Date the adoptive family’s adoption dossier was registered at the CCAA
       (5) Reason the adoptive family is postponing their adoption
       (6) Adoption organization’s opinion
       (7) Signature of the adoption organization’s director or China program’s director
       (8) Application letter the adoptive family submitted to the adoption organization