Please help!!!!!!!!!!

That sounds like the 171h (in GA we got a form called the 797, but it's the same thing - you are approved to adopt 1 child). Congratulations!

We just recieved our I-171H also. It dose seem to be more like a packet of forms. But at the bottom left corner of the top sheet it states "form I-171H". Ours also says that there is "Approval is for 1/one child/children" So if yours looks like that then congratulations are in order:flowergift: .

did you also recieve the I 864, I130, etc alongwith those and if so, where to send them to, in the U.S., or in the country that we're adopting from???/Thanks a bunch guys/gals,

I have no idea what else it is we recieved...something titles "Prospective adoption parents please take note" then a sheet labled Pre-Adoption requirements for the state of VA and then the I-600 form to classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative. But I have no idea when or how the use all of this. Sorry I can't help more.

The I864 is an affidavit of support that is filed with the Embassy in the child's country. The I600 is also filed there. This is the way it is for us, we are adopting from Vietnam. It may be processed differently for other countries, the best way to find out would be to ask your agency. We don't do a I130 (as far as I know) since we will travel to Vietnam to complete the adoption. All of this paperwork can certainly get confusing.Lucinda:flowergift:

First off, look carefully at the letter you received in the mail. Down at the bottom somewhere, there is usually a form number. If you see either 171-H or 797-C, it is the approval of your I-600A. Basically, the 171-H and 797-C are the older and newer versions of the same form; some USCIS offices use one and some use the other. The 171-H and 797-C grant preliminary approval of your qualifications to bring one or more orphans into the U.S. You do not usually receive any other documents with your 171-H or 797-C, although some USCIS offices may be providing them as a courtesy. How and where you file other documents that you receive from your agency, receive from the U.S. Embassy in the foreign country, or download from the Internet at your agency's request, will depend on factors like: 1. Whether your country of choice finalizes the adoption or sends the child to the U.S. under a decree of guardianship, for adoption her; 2. Whether you will be traveling to receive your child or having your child escorted, an option that some countries permit; 3. If you are married, whether both you and your spouse will see the child overseas before a final decree of adoption is granted, or whether neither or only one of you will travel and see the child before the decree is granted; some countries do not require both spouses to travel. As an example, with a China adoption, the U.S. Consulate at Guangzhou typically sends families a "brown envelope" with forms, once it receives a cable from the USCIS saying that your I-600A was approved. The two main items in the envelope are a blank I-600 and a blank I-864. There may also be a DS-230 and a DS-1981. The I-600, companion piece to the I-600A that you filed earlier, will be filed in Guangzhou, once you have gone to your child's province, met your child, and finalized your adoption. While you can fill some of it out before you travel, most of the information should be completed after you have your child's paperwork from his/her province. With the I-600, you are asking the Consulate to do three things: 1. Determine that the child you have adopted meets U.S. requirements, per the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act, for entering the U.S. on an adoption visa. Basically, the U.S. Consulate will need to make the decision that the child is an "eligible orphan" and that the adoption was conducted legally and ethically. 2. Review your old I-600A and grant final approval of your qualifications to bring an orphan to the U.S. 3. If both #2 and #3 are favorable, issue your adopted child a visa to enter the U.S. Again in the case of a China adoption, the I-864 is filed at the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou once you have completed your adoption in the child's home province and then traveled to Guangzhou. However, unlike the I-600, which all families file, the I-864 is filed ONLY if just one spouse travels (which China permits). You are not required to file the I-864 if you are single, or if both spouses travel. The DS-230 is simply the official visa and green card application, which is filed in Guangzhou. The DS-1981, also filed in Guangzhou, is a request for exemption from the law that requires immigrants to receive certain immunizations before a visa will be issued. Adopted children do not have to receive any vaccines when they go to their visa medical appointment, as long as the parents certify that their children will be properly immunized once they arrive home. With Guatemala, the procedure is somewhat different, in that the adoption is finalized BEFORE the parents travel to pick up their child (although they may have made a visit trip earlier). The adoption agency's Guatemalan attorney must submit the I-600 to the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City after the issuance of the "protocolo" (adoption decree) and birth certificate, but BEFORE the family travels to bring their child home. If only one parent or neither parent has made a visit trip before finalization, the family will need to present the I-864 at the Embassy when they go to Guatemala to bring their child home. All families will need to present the DS-230 and the DS-1981 at the Embassy when they arrive to pick up their child's visa. Check with the U.S. State Department website to see the process for your country of choice. Also check with your agency to be sure you have the forms you need and when to submit them, for your country of choice. Sharon

Wow, That was a real good explanation!!!!!!! :thanks::thanks::thanks: I'm so bogged though that for the same thing, they have so many different names and procedures!!!!! Why couldn't they make it more simpler and have one form, right??????? (ha,ha). Well, we did get the I 171-H ( I looked at the bottom of the form as suggested by you'll here).Thanks again,

LOL - we are talking about the US government !! [ATTACH]60732[/ATTACH]