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CHINA
China
Program Update 9/25/2006
13 CHI July 27, 2005 log in date
(LID) families received their referrals today.
All the referrals are little girls including one
set of twins! The referrals range in age from 7
to 12 months. All the little girls are from the
Jiangxi Province. We expect the families to
travel in about 8 weeks.
This batch of China referrals
were from July 23, 2005 through August 9, 2005
log in dates. For these families, the wait from
log in date to referral was 14 months.
Congratulations again to these
lucky 13 CHI families and everyone who moved up
in line for referrals!
China
Program Update 7/31/2006
Congratulations to the 13 CHI June 29, 2005 log in
date (LID) families who received their referrals
today. The referrals are all little girls between
7½ and 21 months old from the Guangxi and Guangdong
Provinces. We expect these families will travel in
about 8 weeks. Congratulations to these 13
CHI families!!
This batch of referrals began with the June 29, 2005
log in date and went through July 13. Our next group
of families waiting for Referrals have LIDs of
7/15/2005. The wait time from
log in date to Referral is now 13 months.
Waiting Child Program Update 7/31/2006
We received 34 wonderful waiting children
from the CCAA in late June. They were available on
www.CHIFamily.net
on July 13. There are 21 children PLACED and 5 Being
Reviewed as of July 31. One little boy from the March
list has also been PLACED. To view the Waiting Children
in China, you must have an Approved Application with CHI
or be a CHI Family who have adopted through CHI in the
past.
China
Program Update
6/26/2006
After
a 12 month wait, Children's Hope is excited to announce
that 19 families received their referrals to
adopt from
China
today. All of the children from
China
are girls who are from 7-months-old to 17-months-old. The
girls are from the Guangxi and Hunan provinces. The
families submitted their documents for a Chinese
adoption last summer so had
log-in-dates (LID) of June 20 and June 22. We expect
these families to travel in six to eight weeks to
finalize their adoption from
China
. Congratulations to these families!
The
current wait from log-in-date to referral is 12 months.
RUSSIA
Russia Program Update 7/20/2006
Adoptions
continue to flow in
Russia
, even though we are working on our accreditation and
the summer vacation months are upon us. We
completed 19
adoptions in June to bring our total number for the year
to 130.
We have had five court dates in July and 11 families who
have made their first trips. We already have many
court dates scheduled for both August and September.
We expect things to pick up after the summer months and
everyone returns from vacation. Just in time for
the cold!
Right
now, with most of the decision makers in
Russia
on vacation, it is difficult to report on exactly how
each region will be working during our reaccreditation.
Little by little, some regions have been reporting what
they plan to do. The great news is that most
regions are working with families who registered their
dossier within the region prior to May 17. This
means that most regions are still accepting families for
first trips and courts. With families who still
need to register, some regions are allowing this and
some are not. We still anticipate that the wait
times will stay close to the estimated times that we
typically give, which is 8-10 months for an infant boy,
10-12 months for an infant girl, and 8-10 months for
siblings under 4 years (from dossier submission).
This may lengthen by several months if our accreditation
is delayed longer than is expected, but at this time, we
are not anticipating that.
The
important factor is the registration with the Ministry
of Justice. Although some agencies still have
their accreditation (because of registering at a later
time than CHI), they will not be able to work with
adoptions if they do not successfully register with the
Ministry of Justice. We are told that this process
must be completed by October. CHI is working
closely with an attorney to register successfully and we
anticipate completing this process by the beginning of
September.
Russia Program Update 4/20/2006
Over
50 families traveling in April
There were
11 families traveling for their first trip and another 18
families completing their adoptions of 23 total children in
March. So far in April, 36 families are traveling for their
first trip while another 16 families have court dates to
finalize their adoptions of 18 total children. Already ten
families have court dates set for May.
Russia Program Update 3/15/2006
March
will may top a busy February
There
were 18 children adopted by 16 families in
February. March started out a little slow due to a
holiday the last week of February. However, we
already have eight court dates for March and are
expecting at least 15 more before the end of the
month.
Russia Program Update 11/29/2005
Twenty Families Finalize adoptions in November
The Russia Team had a busy week with 18 court
hearings in four different regions over the past
seven days. There will be 20 adoptions finalized in
November.
In
the Russian Duma this week the discussions on
international adoption ended with good news. The
Ministry of Education proposed a measure to stop
independent adoption agencies from operating in Russia
by requiring all international adoption agencies to be
accredited. Even the most outspoken proponent of a
Moratorium on international adoption is in support of
the Ministry of Education’s proposals. A Moratorium was
not even
discussed because the lack of support.
Currently there are 48 agencies accredited world wide
with 26 from the United States. Four U.S. agencies lost
accreditation recently due to their negligence in not
turning in post-placement reports. Officially, Russia
will continue accrediting new agencies, but it is
thought that it will be very difficult for agencies
waiting to gain accreditation.
Please refer to the attached article for more news on
the Duma action:
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20051116/42115668.html
Russia Program Update 10/11/2005
Wait Time Increases for Girls-
Are you ready for snow? The cold winter begins in
Russia, so put on your boots.
We had 10 families complete the adoption of 11 children
in September. We also had 26 families travel for their
first trip to meet their referral! And all of them are
anxiously awaiting their court dates to be set and hope
to be back by the end of the year.
The letters from the Moscow Federal Database which are
required for court are taking longer to be issued to the
regions, so be prepared that the time frame between
first and second trips to be at least 2 months at this
time. Also,
families waiting specifically for girls under
18-months-old are having to endure a much longer waiting
time, usually at least 12 months or more.
There just are not as many girls available for adoption
as there are boys and many more Russian families are
adopting domestically at this time.
The wait time for boy under 18-months-old is beginning
to shorten with a wait time around 10-to-12
months. Families open to children up to 3-years-old
and/or not specifically Caucasian can process their
adoption much quicker.
We expect the next several months to be very busy as we
try to process as many families as possible before the
end of the year.
Russia Program Update
9/13/2005
As Expected- Travel Dates Multiple
Even though Russia got off to a rocky start this year,
it is starting to pick up steam and September has
started off with a bang! We already have 12 families
scheduled for court in September and 24 families going
on their first trip! The time between first and second
trips is averaging about two to two-and-a-half months,
so please prepare families for the possibility of only a
one week notice before travel.
The good news is that we have not seen any other regions
jump on the bandwagon to enforce the 10-day waiting
period, other than Moscow, Chelyabinsk and
Vladivostok. Although some of the judges have surprised
us by asking for new and different documentation for the
family prior to court, most families have been flexible
and willing to do whatever is needed to get the
documents completed.
Russia Program Update 7/11/05
Just released in the Russian news! In light of
recent events, the Ministry of Education has
prepared official changes to the adoption
regulations and has requested that these updates be
approved by the government
of the Russian Federation. It is unknown how long
it will take for these measures to be finalized by
the government, but the Ministry of Education is
requesting immediate approval of these changes.
These requirements will be for both domestic and
international adoptions from Russia. They are as
follows:
1. To immediately stop independent adoptions and to
continue adoptions only through accredited
organizations
2. Require educational training for parents on
parenting skills and attachment
3. Require parents to undergo some type of
psychological testing of their emotional
stability in the U.S. as part of their preparation
for adoption.
Children's Hope International is in total agreement
with these requirements and have already implemented
procedures to comply with these requests. We agree
that independent adoptions are unregulated and less
controlled. Our agency is also against the practice
of "umbrella agencies" who are not submitted to the
same scrutiny as accredited agencies. Children's
Hope has been working for several years
on standardizing the educational training for
parents adopting through our agency. Our parents
must complete 8 hours of educational training as a
part of the homestudy process and families attend
an obligatory educational seminar in Moscow on their
first trip. As an agency, we have discussed
implementing a psychological evaluation for all
parents, as we already require them for single women
adopting through our agency. We feel that these
potential changes will work to further ensure the
protection of all children adopted through this
process.
The above was based on the events below:
On Friday, July 8, 2005, Children's Hope
International
received news that another child who had been
adopted from Russia to the U.S. was abused and
killed. This tragic news is being discussed
throughout Russia and there may be some
ramifications because of it. We feel that it is
very important to keep our families informed with
the latest and most up-to-date information. There
is no specific news out of Russia at this time as to
how this will effect all adoptions.
This is the second case in the last 6 months of
adopted children from Russia being abused and
killed. The first was the Irma Pavlis case from
Illinois. In both cases, the adoptions were
completed "independently" and not through accredited
agencies. Children's Hope International continues
to increase our efforts to prevent this
type of tragedy from occurring again. These
situations magnify how extremely important it is
that post placement reports be completed thoroughly
and in a timely manner.
We
have attached several articles about the current
case.
For
more information about the Russia Program send an e-mail
to
Russia@ChildrensHopeInt.org
or
call 314-890-0086 and ask for anyone from the Russia
Team.
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KAZAKHSTAN
Kazakhstan
Program
Update
7/20/2006
The Kazakhstan Program
currently has over 50 families in the process.
At this time we have four
families in the different regions, completing their adoptions.
There are 18 families, who have completed their dossiers and are
now waiting for their time to travel to meet their child. Even
though summer time is the time for vacation for most people in
the Government, and the paperwork process slows down a little,
we still anticipate receiving more referrals and travel dates
for more families.
You might receive contradicting information about the
limited number of adoptions from
Kazakhstan
by US citizens.
Kazakhstan
is NOT closed for adoptions and does NOT have limits on number
of children adopted from the country.
Kazakhstan
Program
Update
3/15/2006
We have one
family in the country at this time and hope to
have two or more families travel in the next
couple of weeks. There are 19 families, who have
submitted their dossiers and are waiting for
their travel date.
Kazakhstan
Program
Update
11/29/2005
New FBI Report Required for all Families
Regardless of where the families are in the
adoption process –Kazakhstan adoption officials
are requiring families to complete an additional
FBI criminal background search. Married couples
will have to obtain a report for each spouse.
For the detailed instructions on how to obtain
the FBI report. Please refer to the official web
page of the FBI at
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/fprequest.htm
Meanwhile the Kazakhstan Team is happy to
announce that in 2005, we have completed nine
adoptions so far. In addition there are three
more families in Kazakhstan at this time. We
plan to complete no less than 12 adoptions this
year.
There are currently 36 families in the process
of preparing their paperwork with eight
families, who have completed and submitted their
dossier. One of these families is very unique –
they are adopting our very first set of siblings
– 3 children (2 girls and 1 boy)!!! We are all
very excited about that and can’t wait for them
to travel to Kazakhstan. We hope that their
travel will happen in the middle of December,
probably the week of Christmas.
To insure the quality of service we provide to
our families and make sure that each and every
family receives fair amount of time with their
personal consultant, it was decided to have two
more people be assigned to assist families
adopting in Kazakhstan. I am happy to present
social workers for Kazakhstan and Russia
programs – Danielle Nelson and Janiece
Wieschhaus. Both, Danielle and Janiece will be
working with families. Please feel free to
contact them if you have any questions about
Kazakhstan Program.
Kazakhstan
Program
Update
10/11/2005
Almaty Halts adoptions for some agencies but not
CHI
Similar to the crack down in Russia, the failure
to submit Post-Placement reports in Kazakhstan
is causing difficulties for some agencies in the
Almaty region. While Children’s Hope continues
to work, many agencies cannot proceed with their
adoptions from that region. Because of a large
back-log of Post Placement reports from some
agencies, (140 post placements which have never
been submitted), authorities of the region have
suggested stopping the adoptions in the Almaty
region for the agencies who neglected to submit
all the required post-placement paperwork. At
first the plan was to stop the adoptions for six
months, now it looks more like one year.
Children’s Hope
International is NOT one of those agencies, so
we are working without a delay! So, please, when
you read about some delays or problems in Almaty,
please rest assure that Children’s Hope
International will complete your adoption!
Travel: Currently Children’s Hope has
three families scheduled to travel to the
country and to meet their children. And we plan
to have two more families traveling by the end
of October. There are 13 families, who have
completed their dossiers and are waiting to be
invited to Kazakhstan.
Children’s Hope is gaining the
Recognition:
The CHI Foundation’s director in Kazakhstan was
invited to take part in a meeting organized by
UNICEF to address the care of orphans. The group
worked on concepts that would improve life for
children living in institutions in Kazakhstan.
The meeting on October 6 was attended by many
governmental and nongovernmental organizations.
It is great to see that different foundations,
nonprofit organizations and even governmental
organizations are joining forces to help orphan
children by trying to develop new principles and
methods aimed at improving the quality of life
of these children who are left without parental
care.
CHI is accepting applications for adoptions in
Kazakhstan. You may request an adoption guide
with all details by e-mailing or calling Anna
Rister at (314) 890-0086 ext.1790 or
Anna@ChildrensHopeInt.org
Brief information about Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Program Questions and Answers
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VIETNAM
Vietnam
Program Update: 7/20/2006
Almost Half
of all Adoptions in Vietnam went through CHI
By
the end of June, only a few months since the moratorium was
lifted in
Vietnam
, there were 50 adoptions completed in the country. Twenty Four
of those adoptions were into Children’s Hope families.
Two families are in
Vietnam
now and 27 families with referrals are waiting to travel to
finalize their adoption. The wait time is expanding a little for
referrals. At this time families can expect to wait four-to-five
months for a boy or 18-to-24 months for a girl. Families will
then travel to
Vietnam
4-to-5 months after receiving the referral.
Families
will not begin their adoption paperwork process until
they near their referral date so that documents do not
expire. They will however, need a completed home-study
shortly after their application is approved in order to
get their immigration (CIS I-600A) approval.
Vietnam
Program Update: 4/20/2006
The
Children’s Hope Vietnam Program has families
arriving home!!
Yesterday and today, families are having joyous
homecomings on returning from
Vietnam
. Four of the seven families who adopted in
Vietnam
the first week of April are already home. The stay
in
Vietnam
for these families was 2-to-2 ½ weeks.
In the last two months,
18 news families have received referrals for
healthy infants with
14 of those referrals were for boys!!
Vietnam
Program Update: 3/15/ 2006
Children's Hope now has 33 families who are matched
with children from Vietnam. we have over 20 families
with CIS (immigration) approval waiting for their
referrals and over 90 application families who are
in the home study phase.
We anticipate the first travel group to travel in
mid April and probably the second group a few weeks
after the first. After families receive their
referral, they will travel to
Vietnam
approximately 3-4 months later. We still can
not anticipate what the wait time is going to be
from CIS approval to referral. However, we do
know that the wait for healthy infant girls is going
to be the longest. The wait for boys is
minimal and we have most families open to boys
putting their dossiers together as soon as they
receive CIS approval. The month of February we
received 11 referrals, 9 of them were boys.
January 26, 2006
Thuy receiving our
license from Mr. Long at the Adoption
Center in Hanoi
Children’s Hope International was
officially licensed in Vietnam as of
January 25.
Children’s Hope is one of the
first ten agencies to receive the
official approval from Vietnam to resume
adoptions. Sometime this spring, is when
the first group of Children’s Hope
families will travel to Vietnam to adopt
since a moratorium closed the country to
adoption three years ago.
“This is wonderful
news for everyone, the adoptive parents
and especially the children waiting in
Vietnam to join their forever families.
We have waited triumphantly for 3 years
and are overjoyed with the good news,”
said Nicky Losse, Children’s Hope
Vietnam Program Director.
Losse adds that the
families to travel first to adopt are
the families who have already been
matched with children with special
needs.
She feels new assignments of healthy
infants will begin after the Tet
holiday.
Before the moratorium,
Children’s Hope found homes for over 165
children from Vietnam. That includes 46
in 2001 and 46 in 2002.
Vietnam Program Update
10/11/2005
Ready and Waiting
Children’s Hope now has over 50
applications with more coming in
everyday. We applied for our license on
September 1, 2005 and hope to receive it
some time in November. Once we receive
our adoption license we will start
giving out referrals to families who
already have CIS approval.
There are many new waiting children
available for adoption who have been
placed on the CHIFamilynet. These
children have special needs like Hep. B+
or cleft lip/ palate while some of the
children are healthy but a little
older.
Only one trip will be required to
Vietnam under the new laws. This trip
will be approximately two to three weeks
in duration. New fees have also been
posted for the Vietnam program as the
international program fee has gone up as
well as the estimated travel fees.
Please call Nicky with any questions.
314-812-1742
nicky@childrenshopeint.org
Vietnam Program Update7/5/05
The US and Vietnam have finally
signed the adoption agreement
and adoptions are expected to
resume in Vietnam shortly.
First all agencies wanting to
work with Vietnam must go
through the process of being
licensed. CHI is currently in
the process of filing all the
paperwork necessary to complete
this process. We expect
adoptions to resume again by the
end of the summer or early
fall. We are so delighted for
all the families and children
waiting for homes that an
agreement has finally been
reached.
Requirements for Vietnam have
not changed to our knowledge.
Those rules regarding families
size, income etc will remain the
same as it was before Vietnam
closed. We can not anticipate
how long the referral process
will take or the age of the
children coming home until
adoptions start again. It will
be an entirely new system in
Vietnam so we will have to
complete a few adoptions before
we can estimate a time line.
Both boys and girls are
available in Vietnam and gender
selection is allowed. Only one
trip will be required under the
new system and families can
expect to travel to Vietnam for
2-3 weeks. We hope to have more
information in the coming
months!!!
Nicky Losse
Vietnam Coordinator/Adoption
Social Worker
Office hours: Tuesday,
Wednesday, Friday
8:30 - 4:30 central standard
time
314-890-0086 or direct
314-812-1742
nicky@childrenshopeint.org
Vietnam Program Update 6/22/05
"We are
delighted to finally announce
that the agreement between the
US and Vietnam was signed
yesterday, June 21st, 2005.
The signing of this agreement
represents a
“culmination
of many months of effort in
negotiations by both countries
and highlights the mutual
commitment to the welfare and
well-being of children and
parents, as well as to a
transparent and effective
adoption system between the two
countries.”
Adoptions are now requied by a
licensed adoption agency.
Private adoptions are no longer
allowed. More information to
come regarding licensing
procedures and when adoptions
will resume. It is expected to
take a few months before adoptions
will actually begin.
Vietnam and the United States to sign
adoption agreement
The United States and Vietnam are
expected to sign an adoption agreement
aimed at preventing Vietnamese children
from being trafficked and exploited, the
U.S. Embassy said Wednesday.
The accord is expected to be signed next
week in Washington during Prime Minister
Phan Van Khai's historic visit to the
United States, the embassy said in a
statement.
Vietnam in the late 1990s began
requiring countries to sign adoption
agreements with the communist country
after police uncovered several rings
which trafficked children for foreign
adoption.
The agreement with the United States
"reflects both countries' commitment to
the welfare and well being of children
and parents, as well as to a transparent
and effective adoption system between
our two countries," the statement said.
"Appropriate measures should be taken
under respective national laws to
prevent and deal with actions of
adoption abuse involving the
exploitation of children and other
infringements on a child's lawful rights
and interests," the statement quoted the
agreement as saying.
France in 2000 was the first country to
sign the agreement and several other
countries have since signed the pact.
Khai's June 19-25 visit is the first by
Vietnamese prime minister to the United
States since the end of the Vietnam War
30 years ago.
Go to
Vietnam Adoption Information
Go to
International Adoption Page
http://travel.state.gov/vietnamupdate.html
If you have questions, please feel free
to contact Nicky at
nicky@childrenshopeint.org
or 314-890-0086 ext.1742
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COLOMBIA
Colombia Program Update 4/20/2006
Sluggish
Holiday Period Over
Children's Hope families
are adopting more infants than we have
seen in the past. Out of the six
families waiting to travel to Colombia,
three have referrals for infants. One of
the other three referral families is
going to adopt a sibling group of
five.
Colombia Program Update 3/15/2006
Many
sibling continue to find homes
For
2006, 16 children have already come home. There
are currently three families in
Colombia
adopting six children: A sibling group of
three (13, 11 and 8-years-old) from
Bogota
, two siblings (6 and 3-years-old) from
Villavicencio
, and one 5-year-old boy from
Neiva
.
February
was disappointing in terms of our hopes for
multiple new referrals. At the end of the
month, most Regional Offices were still
reporting that they hadn’t had time to
have Adoption Committee meetings yet, so we
continue to anxiously await the assignment
of several families with dossiers in
regional offices.
Colombia Program Update 11/1/2005
End of the Year Assignments
As we had hoped, we have had several
assignments in October.
A baby from Monteria
A 3½ year old girl who is hearing
impaired
Sisters 4 & 5 from Bucaramanga
Brothers 7 & 8 from Bogotá
Brothers 3, 6 & 8 from Arauca
Two sisters & a brother 3, 5 & 7 from
Bogotá
The family adopting the baby is already
in Monteria. The next four families will
be traveling in the next couple of
weeks. The last family will be waiting
until January to travel due to
scheduling considerations.
Even though we may not be able to get
more families down to Colombia before
the end of the year, we still hope to
continue receiving assignments
throughout November and the first half
of December.
Julie traveled to Colombia in November
to attend meetings with ICBF officials,
the US Consulate officials and our
Colombian staff. The December Update
will contain a report on all Julie
learned while in Colombia regarding the
movement of the waiting lists and what
they expect to happen in the foreseeable
future.
Colombia Program Update 10/11/2005
October should see increase in Adoptions
September was a very quiet month in the
Colombia program. We had a couple of
assignments but everyone else is waiting
(impatiently!) We currently have 14
dossiers in regional offices for
assignment and are hoping to receive
more assignments in October than we have
in the last couple of months. CHI’s
Colombia Program Director, Julie
Eagleson will be traveling to Colombia
the first of November and will have a
full update for after her return.
Please keep our adoptive families that
were affected by Hurricanes Katrina and
Rita in your thoughts and prayers. We
have two Colombia families in
application stage that experienced power
outages and trees falling on their home
from Katrina, and one family with
children home had to evacuate Houston
when Rita came along. The hurricanes
have touched us all, but some of us more
directly than others. We hope this is
the end of this year’s hurricane season
and that our adoptive families in the
area can have peace in the months to
come.
If you have any questions about the
program, please call us at
503.665.1589 or e-mail at
julie@childrenshopeint.org.
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INFO REGARDING FINGERPRINTING:
TAKEN FROM
http://www.immigration.gov/graphics/howdoi/fororphan.htm#finger
Questions and
answers about Fingerprinting
Procedures in the Adoption
Application Process
Q:
I have adopted my child and
brought him/her into the country. Is
there any reason for me to be
fingerprinted again?
A:
No, there is no need for you to be
fingerprinted again. Your
application for a specific child
was approved. If you file another
I-600A application to adopt another
child, you will need to be
fingerprinted at that time.
Q:
I filed an I-600A and an I-600
application in your office. The
I-600A was approved in December of
2002, and the I-600 was approved in
February of 2003. My child will be
brought into the U.S. in April of
2003. My fingerprints, taken when I
filed my I-600A, expire in March of
2003. Should I be reprinted?
A:
No, you do not need to be printed
again. You were able to file your
I-600A and your I-600, and get
approvals on both within the 15
months that your prints were valid.
Q:
My I-600A was approved in December
of 2002, but I had my fingerprints
taken in January of 2002 when I
filed my application. That would
mean that my prints will expire in
April of 2003. I plan to bring my
child home in late March of 2003.
Should I be printed again, just in
case?
A:
Yes, if you will be filing an I-600
application within 30 days of your
fingerprint expiration, it is
recommended that you be printed
again.
Q:
I brought in my I-600A application
in October of 2002, and it was
approved in March of 2003. If I
don’t know when I will be filing my
I-600, should I be re-fingerprinted
this summer so that I can be
assured that my prints will remain
valid for the duration of my
approval.
A:
No, it is best if you wait until you
are certain that your prints will
expire before having them taken
again. Thirty (30) days before
expiration is plenty of time to have
prints taken again.
Q:
If I do need to be re-fingerprinted,
will I need to pay the fee?
A:
Yes, if you need to be
re-fingerprinted you will need to
pay the $50 fingerprinting fee for
each adult member of your household
being re-fingerprinted. Please note,
the fingerprint fee cannot be paid
at the Application Support Center (ASC)
where your fingerprints are taken.
The fingerprint fee must be paid at
your local Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services (BCIS) office.
When you go to the BCIS office to
be scheduled for fingerprints, bring
your I-171H approval notice with
you. You will then be provided with
a referral letter/appointment notice
to appear at the ASC for
fingerprinting.
Q:
How will I know that my fingerprint
files are about to expire?
A:
Your fingerprint clearances files
expire 15 months after that the date
that the BCIS received a response
from the FBI. This is approximately
15 months from the date that you
were fingerprinted
Q:
I am planning to travel overseas to
file my I-600. Can I wait and be
fingerprinted at the Embassy or
Consulate?
A:
Yes, you can. You should be aware
that the fingerprint clearance
process for persons fingerprinted
overseas takes much more time than
it does for those who are
fingerprinted in the United States.
If your fingerprints have expired,
or will expire before your date of
travel, you should contact your
local office to be fingerprinted
again so that your fingerprints can
be processed sooner
If you have any questions about the
program, please call us at 503.665.1589
or e-mail at
julie@childrenshopeint.org.
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