Fi - 6-9 months to get approval. If your going with DOC's I think you will get a child quite quickly after approval. If your going through an NGA it may take a bit longer as they try to match you with a child that will fit in with your situation a bit better. I have been going down this road with an NGA since September last year. We have finished the course and had the interviews and they have now just contacted our referee's last week. Things are moving but it does happen very slowly.