Comments on: State Dept. “Warning Concerning Adoptions in Vietnam”

By: e.

e. — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:04:15 +0000

CHI is also telling clients this. We are not with them but I read it on another posting. Our agency said they were getting all dossiers in and hoping it might be true, but they didn’t guarantee anything. They were pretty clear that neither they nor anyone else could predict what would happen as according to them, there has been no official announcement and there are 2 different countries’ beauracracies involved so it’s complicated. I guess some agencies are saying they have been told this directly, but has anyone seen an actual letter or direct quote? And if VN closes, then whatever USCIS says does not matter if the DIA won’t process the adoption.
If I wasn’t logged in with VN, I’d be looking elsewhere — just my two cents but if you’re open to another country that is more stable, it might be advisable.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:44:11 +0000

The only one I have heard about is Mandala .

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:38:21 +0000

Depends on which agency told you this - there are some I would trust more than others, care to share?

I would say however that I believe Ethica’s statement that until an “official” annoucement is made by the DOS or DIA you should proceed with extreme caution no matter what the agencies tell you.

Let’s hope for a statement soon - maybe wait another month or so if you can??

Or, if you have the money start a concurrent adoption with another country as a plan B…

Hang in there!!!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 06:07:03 +0000

The agency we are about to sign with is accepting a limited number or applicants into this program. From what I was told the director of the agency took a trip to VN this last week to discuss the issues and was told that as long as the USCIS received the papers before sept 01 they would be grandfathered in. Now reading this i dont know what to think, should we home for the best and start our homestudy or should run the opposite way as fast as we can ?

By: isabella

isabella — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:30:00 +0000

thanks for explaining, best of luck to you.

By: M. E.

M. E. — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:15:06 +0000

Steph and Isabella~
We sent in our dossier long ago, and will be adopting an older/waiting child…..so, in our case, the referral was not in the traditional sense of receiving the referral by the agency, but of initiating the acceptance of a waiting older child ~ and, in our case, the I-6oo rules changed almost
the same week of our acceptance….so lots changed with the I-600 and DIA rules all at the same time.

By: steph

steph — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:38:54 +0000

Isabella,
Some agencies don’t have you start your dossier until you receive a referral. Would that have something to do with it?

By: isabella

isabella — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:15:51 +0000

What do you mean you have not been advised to send in your I600 M.E.?
Has your paperwork been processed by Vietnam and approved? If so, there shouldn’t be any reason *not* to submit your I600 to CIS a.s.a.p.

By: M. E.

M. E. — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:35:00 +0000

Hi all ~ This is all very confusing/frustrating…..it would be helpful, I think, to give some sort of guideline/advice as to what parents should expect right now at different stages of the process….i.e. about to send dossier to Vietnam, dossier already sent, waiting for referral, have referral but waiting to send I-600, I-600 sent, I-600 sent ~but not yet approved, etc….Perhaps this is not possible right now considering all the volatility, but communicating realistic expectations would be enormously helpful. We currently have a referral, but have not yet been advised to send in our I-600….what does this mean for us, and many other families who are in a similar situation? Above all else, it is, unfortunately, the children who are caught in all of this…..~

By: Heather

Heather — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:06:23 +0000

Jane - Trust me my kids (born on China and Vietnam) don’t look like me……when we are out some people ask me if I am babysitting….. I am sure anyone on this board has gotton many rude comments. I would agree with Steph… we could not take a chance of a bio parent taking them away…it would kill me.