What is a referral?
A referral, also called an offering by some agencies, is the response of the Chinese government to your request to adopt a child. They send you information about a specific child and you decide if the child is acceptable. The information consists of two items, a small photo, usually about 1 inch by 2 inches that is usually color but may be black and white, and a medical report. The quantity of the information in the medical report is quite varied. They can be as little as 1/2 page with items like “Nutrition: normal”, or they may be 4 pages long with a full battery of laboratory test results. It will always include the name of the child, which was assigned by the orphanage, and their best estimate of the date of birth. The medical report can be anywhere from 2-8 months old, as can the photograph. The medical report will be in Mandarin and it is usually the responsibility of the adoption agency to provide a full translation. After getting all of the information, the prospective parents h
A referral is a very specific term in health insurance; it does not mean that your doctor suggested you get an eye exam. It means a slip of paper or an electronic code number indicating that your doctor (who is designated your Primary Care Doctor for that health plan) has authorized your visit with us, and that the insurance company will pay for it, provided all of the insurance company’s requirements have been met. A referral does not guarantee that your visit is covered.
A referral is used when you complete your academic and confined water sessions for your SCUBA certification at home and your open water training dives with us. Your local dive shop can explain the details and do the paperwork. We are happy to accept all training agency referrals. Please tell us if you are planning on doing a referral with us ahead of time so we may plan accordingly.
A referral indicates the Web page that contained the link that a user followed to get to the page being tracked (the site the user “came from”). The referring page is often a search engine, such as Google or Yahoo. If a user types a URL directly into the browser’s address bar, or uses a bookmark to get to a page, then there is no referrer.
