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From reading the state dept site, it seems vague to me, and that either option would work. I've seen two different scenarios offered by different agencies (for Poland). One is that we would make a first trip, meet the child, officially accept the referral (I guess confirm acceptance really), return home and file the I-800. This would result in a 2-4 month wait before we'd have the court hearing scheduled and travel for the second time for about 6 weeks (including bonding time).
The second scenario is that we would file the I-800 upon acceptance of the referral, prior to travel. We would then stay for 6-8 weeks, do the bonding, court, etc., and return with our child, having only made one trip.
I was expecting Hague to require meeting the child before accepting referral/filing I-800 (Polish law requires a meeting before this committment), but the wording on the state dept sounds to me like either option would work.
Which one of these is incorrect? Or are both valid?
Ok, so I've heard elsewhere that there may be a different take on which part of the I-800 is filed when. But still, if we can file the I-800 after acceptance of referral but before travel, it should shorten the time between the various steps and we could stay for one long trip.
Anyone?
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Does the one scenerio involve filing it in the US and the other filing it in Poland?
The way it sounds is that it's filed in the US either way, but one agency would have us do it upon accepting a referral, the other not until we've met the child and confirmed acceptance of referral.
Have you tried asking on the Adoption_Agency_Research Yahoo group? I would bet someone on there could explain the process.
I am only familier with the I600 process as it worked for Guatemala. With the I600 you filed the I600A to get your 171H approval. You then received your referral and at the end of the adoption process the I600 could either be filed at the US Embassy in country if they AP's were picking up the child or it could be filed in the US if the child was being escorted to the US but it could take 2-3 months for the I600 to be processed in the US as opposed to days to a week or two in country.
I don't know if that helps make any more sense of what is on the USCIS site for the I800?