Comments on: DNA Testing Update

By: audrey

audrey — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:07:44 +0000

hi does anyone know what the general wait time is from log in with the DIA to referral. i have just been officially logged in but my agency wont commit to a time frame. i dont know if its generally 1 month/6months/etc

thanks
audrey

By: monica Dailey

monica Dailey — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:12:18 +0000

I called my agency and was told specifically that our dossier HAD to be logged in by June 1st. We are waiting on our I171 approval for an identified special needs child. .
Monica

By: K

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:06:42 +0000

Sorry for my previous double post
We are taking the attitude in our planning that the agreement will not be renewed. We are just trying to be cautious. The lack of official information coming out is seen as a negative to me. It has been awhile since anything positive has come forth in regards to the entire Vietnamese adoption process.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:42:55 +0000

I’m starting to worry that we have heard nothing about the DNA requirement. It’s possible they are reconsidering. It’s possible they are also just slow. But it worries me that things are so silent right now. I hope it doesn’t mean anything negative… (caveat - I am a worrier so take this post with a grain of salt!)

By: M

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:51:41 +0000

The lack of information on the DNA requirement is MADDENING. Anyone heard anything?

By: S.

S. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:42:37 +0000

My agency said they had heard nothing about June 1st. Wondered what you meant by saying that dossiers submitted by the deadline will be processed–did you mean deadline of June 1st or the deadline Sept. 1st? My agency is still saying Sept. 1st is the magic date and that dossiers submitted by that date will receive referrals. Wish I knew what the June 1st date meant…

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:34:24 +0000

No one knows. It seems that some agencies’s contacts in the DIA have suggested that dossiers submitted by the deadline will be processed; other agencies with different contacts are hearing that referrals granted by June 1st will be honored. In other words, everyone is still in limbo until the DIA makes an official announcement. And limbo is emotionally exhausting, isn’t it?

By: K

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:37:50 +0000

Am I hearing this right? If your dossier is logged in, but you are not referred or “matched” with a child by June 1st, you’re out of luck?

By: K

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:35:54 +0000

So are you saying if you have a logged in dossier, but have not accepted a referral or been “matched” by June 1st then you’re out of luck?

By: F

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:18:32 +0000

Alix, you and Monica are saying 2 different things. Monica is saying that her dossier has to be in country by June 1st and you are saying that VN will “offer referrals until June 1st” Are both of you really hearing 2 different things? Can you share where your agencies have heard these things? Dr. Long is the one who would be making the final determination and there would need be some “official” notification from him.