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I was wondering if any recent people who have been matched with children from the Philippines could give me an idea of how long it took from acceptance of match to the time they traveled.
Hi,
We were matched in early November, and we didn't travel until May 22! But, all of our delay was on the US side of things, first with our I-600 - they lady that does the approval letters at our BCIS office got mad, and held our papers for 2 1/2 months (they still have not given us a reason). Then, once our little girl had her US embassy interview, the US embassy in Manila held it up for another 6 weeks. So, depending on how fast your US stuff goes is how soon you'll be able to travel. Oh, but if you're not in the US I was told that you are usually there within 2 months time!
Jen
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Hi,
We were matched in early November, and we didn't travel until May 22! But, all of our delay was on the US side of things, first with our I-600 - they lady that does the approval letters at our BCIS office got mad, and held our papers for 2 1/2 months (they still have not given us a reason). Then, once our little girl had her US embassy interview, the US embassy in Manila held it up for another 6 weeks. So, depending on how fast your US stuff goes is how soon you'll be able to travel. Oh, but if you're not in the US I was told that you are usually there within 2 months time!
Jen
Hello! My husband and I were matched with a child on March 20. It took 3 weeks from the time we sent in our acceptance letter and our cashier's checks to ICAB until the INS recieved our I-600 petition on April 18th. From there, it took INS 9 weeks to process our I-600. We got our I-600 approval just last week on June 14. Now, it will take 2-4 weeks for New Hampshire to process the visa (or send whatever they have to send to the embassy in Manila) and then 2-4 weeks to process our child (visa interview, medical, etc.) so we are thinking we will go pick him up at the end of July. So roughly 4 months. Hope this helps!
vlradford,
You don't happen to be the couple we heard about adopting a certain little 2 year old girl from the same orphanage we did are you??? If you are, we have a bunch of pictures of her if you'd like them! She was our new little daughters best friend!
Jen
Orphanage Mom,
No, that wasn't me. We're adopting a one year old boy. Hope whoever is adopting your child's friend reads your message, though. I'm sure they would love to see the pictures.
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