I have seen this petition on a couple of blogs and thought I would include it on mine also. I am sure the author will like the extra publicity.
Dear friends, family and fellow Prospective Adoptive Parents,
In September 2007, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced plans for their new process related to I-600 filings and determinations. All I-600 petitions to Classify Orphans as an Immediate Relative are now processed exclusively via the USCIS office in Ho Chi Minh City. Prior to the rollout of the new processing rules, USCIS was encouraged to have a comprehensive transition plan of at least 21 days from formal publication of the initiative to effective date, to ensure that potential adoptive parents (PAPs) who were expecting to travel to meet their children at the time or soon after the changes would not be adversely affected. This was not done.
While we support the change in process and believe it will ultimately be better for Vietnamese adoptions, we are asking USCIS to take care of the backlog of applications as mentioned above.
Please consider signing the petition below by clicking the link. It was drafted by myself and another PAP, Rah Bickley, and will be presented to Michael Valverde, Chief, Children's Issues, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the next few weeks. We would appreciate it if you would pass it on to anyone you know who has an interest in adoption.
Dear friends, family and fellow Prospective Adoptive Parents,
In September 2007, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) announced plans for their new process related to I-600 filings and determinations. All I-600 petitions to Classify Orphans as an Immediate Relative are now processed exclusively via the USCIS office in Ho Chi Minh City. Prior to the rollout of the new processing rules, USCIS was encouraged to have a comprehensive transition plan of at least 21 days from formal publication of the initiative to effective date, to ensure that potential adoptive parents (PAPs) who were expecting to travel to meet their children at the time or soon after the changes would not be adversely affected. This was not done.
While we support the change in process and believe it will ultimately be better for Vietnamese adoptions, we are asking USCIS to take care of the backlog of applications as mentioned above.
Please consider signing the petition below by clicking the link. It was drafted by myself and another PAP, Rah Bickley, and will be presented to Michael Valverde, Chief, Children's Issues, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the next few weeks. We would appreciate it if you would pass it on to anyone you know who has an interest in adoption.
www.petitiononline.com/1600/petition.html
***The authors of the petition have asked that people do not contact USCIS directly. They are terribly understaffed already, and while we want to stress our point of the backlog, we don't want them busy responding to individual emails instead of approving more cases***
***The authors of the petition have asked that people do not contact USCIS directly. They are terribly understaffed already, and while we want to stress our point of the backlog, we don't want them busy responding to individual emails instead of approving more cases***
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