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I have been skimming through the posts but still have a few questions. I will try to give enough info to help anyone who might have answers reply. - Wife and I are US Citizens and have been trying to concieve for a long time but decided to move to adoption as we really want to be parents and it does not matter how. - Wife has a blood neice in the Philippines who was recently born. The neice is the 4th child in the family, and while her parents are not poor and unable to take care of her, they would like to have us adopt her and be her parents. We have asked several times and they are quite firm about it. They know our struggle and I think want to help us. - We have not started ANY of the process and are just now learning the steps... My questions are: 1: We need to do a home study here and file an 1600 I think right? Is there anything else on our end? AND, Whats the quickest amount of time this part can be done in from start to finish? 2: On the other end in the Philippines, 1st, can it be done if the babys parents are not too poor to raise the baby AND, if so how long is the process on that end? 3: If everything were to work out, what would be (based on peoples experience) the shortest amount of time between start of US work and Philippines work, and bringing the baby home? I will be sending an email to the ICAB shortly but I read they can take awhile to respond and am interested in what people here think. Any information would be great! -George
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First off, with any foreign adoption, you would have to have a homestudy and obtain USCIS approval, both of yourselves as prospective parents (the I-600A) and of the child you hope to adopt (the I-600). You would also need to compile a dossier, to the specifications of your agency and the foreign country.
Second, you really must understand that U.S. immigration law does NOT permit you to bring a child into this country on an adoption visa, if he/she has been living with two married parents prior to the adoption. The child must either have lost both parents, because of death, desertion, etc., or have been living with a single parent who cannot support him/her at a minimal standard deemed acceptable by the foreign country. Since the child you wish to adopt does not meet the "orphan definition" of U.S. law, it is unlikely that you could bring her to the U.S.
Sharon
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People sometimes obtain medical visas and education visas for children whom they cannot bring into the country on adoption visas. They are not all that easy to obtain, however. If the child you mentioned is a newborn and healthy, it is unlikely that either visa could be issued.
Your best bet is to contact a reputable immigration attorney, who may be able to come up with some ideas. It would be money well spent.
Sharon
Hi,Here's the official website for Philippines adoption just incase: [url="http://www.skyinet.net/~icaba/index.html"]http://www.skyinet.net/~icaba/index.html[/url] This thread regarding sanguinity might clarify your questions. hEre's the link: [url="http://forums.adoption.com/showthread.php?t=177004"]http://forums.adoption.com/showthread.php?t=177004[/url]If the link is broken, search the threads for "sanguinity". It's a very good discussion. Relative adoptions are processed, but I believe they take a very very very long time. AND there must be proof that the child is within x degrees of sanguinity. (something like 4 degrees of sanguinity? this means that they are related to you within 4 lines of being a relative...does that make sense?) Hope this helps.
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