I wish!!

I wish we were gone! But alas...we are NOT! We are stuck in "Z" visa-limbo!! :) This is highly frustrating, but I will do my best to explain this.
Our paperwork was finally all compiled and sent to China at the end of last week. It will take 3-4 days for them to verify our medical reports. Once these are accepted (IF they are accepted), an application for alien employment will be filed. This will take 7-8 working days. Then an application for an invitation letter (our visas) will be filed. It will take 7 working days to file this. After all of these things have been filed and accepted, all the paperwork will be sent back to the US. THEN, we can apply for our "Z" visa (permanent resident visa) and this will be done at the Chinese consulate in Chicago, USA. **This is the reason we have not been able to book tickets and go. We cannot be in China when our passports are sent to the Chinese consulate in Chicago because it just wouldn't be wise to do so while we are residing in China.** It will take up to 4 working days to process our visas and then our passports (with "Z" visas) will then be couriered to us. If you are looking at a calendar with all this information, it puts us as leaving in early October.
Sorry, I know that is a lot to digest, but now you see the frustration. None of this can be expedited...it is simply up to the Chinese government. If we had been given these facts months ago...we would have been able to see that the desires of Klipsch to get us to China by the end of July were simply NOT feasible. However, there was a great breakdown in communication, and now we are still here in the US twiddling our thumbs and having already said good-bye to everyone!!
Now, in great likelihood Andre will be making a trip to China in the interim and then returning to finalize everything here (while our visas are being processed in Chicago) and leaving again with me in tow. More on that later!!