Expedite Visas for the 80 Families in the Adoption Pipeline
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Additionally, I emailed Sen. Scott Brown's office with a reply to the Oct.13 Message from Ambassador DeLisi which reiterates the points in the DOS 'explanations' above. In it I made the following observations: 1. While Ambassador DeLisi says he wants the investigations and adjudications expedited and has a deep concern for the familes affected, he makes no mention of the fact that ALL of the I-600s which have been processed to date have been sent on to Delhi. Obviously, having as a primary goal "the most rapid possible conclusion of this process" does not bode well for us. 2. The stated aim of "making every effort to verify the origins of the children so that we can all know that we have met our obligations to them" is actually at the heart of the matter. It is not the perogative of the United States to verify the origins of the children. That belongs solely to Nepal. The only obligation the United States has to these children is to confirm that they are in fact 'orphans' (ie., no parents to care for them - per USCIS definition) and to provide them with the homes of good American families who have been matched with them. To demand (as they do) that an eyewitness come forward to identify and confirm each specific child - often after years of their living in an orphanage - and that without such eyewitness (strangely, orphanage caregivers are NOT acceptable) all supporting documents are treated as spurious, is the height of arrogance. 3. The comment "the challenges many parents face are compounded by the Government of Nepal's sixty day window for completing the process" is merely an attempt to place blame on Nepal for what is an American-engineered problem. The 60-day window referred to is the grace period Nepal grants to cover what should normally take 7 days to complete. In real terms, Nepal allows 8-9 weeks to complete the adoption process in-country which normally spans maybe 2-3 weeks (making travel arrangements, visiting the orphan in the orphanage, and making an appointment at the Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Welfare (MWCSW) to complete the Adoption Decree). This grace period is more than adequate for this purpose. It is only by the State Department (DOS) wrongly trying to interpose their very lengthy I-604 investigation into this window that they claim Nepal has not provided sufficient time. By urging the prospective adoptive parents (PAP) to file the I-600 before receiving a Nepali TA, the DOS manipulates them in two alternate ways: - the lengthy I-604 process will likely exhaust the Nepali 60 day window which would then disqualify the parents from completing their adoption and the DOS can claim (as they do) it is Nepal's fault; - a negative result from the I-604 would put the PAP in a position of having to hire legal representation, including private investigators, in order to launch a challenge to the ruling - all without having actually adopted anyone - and with no guarentee of success. This will likely discouOct 21st, 2010Someone from Issaquah, WA signed.
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Oct 21st, 2010Someone from Needham Heights, MA writes:
It looks like my updated comments never made it - so I'll try it again. ... In my reply to the Oct.13 Message from Ambassador DeLisi which I sent to Sen. Scott Brown's office which reiterates the points in the DOS 'explanations' above, I made the following observations: 1. While Ambassador DeLisi says he wants the investigations and adjudications expedited and has a deep concern for the familes affected, he makes no mention of the fact that ALL of the I-600s which have been processed to date have been sent on to Delhi. Obviously, having as a primary goal "the most rapid possible conclusion of this process" does not bode well for us. 2. The stated aim of "making every effort to verify the origins of the children so that we can all know that we have met our obligations to them" is actually at the heart of the matter. It is not the perogative of the United States to verify the origins of the children. That belongs solely to Nepal. The only obligation the United States has to these children is to confirm that they are in fact 'orphans' (ie., no parents to care for them - per USCIS definition) and to provide them with the homes of good American families who have been matched with them. To demand (as they do) that an eyewitness come forward to identify and confirm each specific child - often after years of living in an orphanage - and that without such eyewitness all supporting documents are treated as spurious, is the height of arrogance. 3. The comment "the challenges many parents face are compounded by the Government of Nepal's sixty day window for completing the process" is an attempt to place blame on Nepal for what is an American-engineered problem. The 60-day window referred to is the grace period Nepal grants to cover what should normally take 7 days to complete. In real terms, Nepal allows 8-9 weeks to complete the adoption process in-country which normally spans maybe 2-3 weeks (making travel arrangements, visiting the orphan in the orphanage, and making an appointment at the Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Welfare (MWCSW) to complete the Adoption Decree). This grace period is more than adequate for this purpose. It is only by the State Department (DOS) wrongly trying to interpose their very lengthy I-604 investigation into this window that they claim Nepal has not provided sufficient time. By urging to the prospective adoptive parents (PAP) to file the I-600 before receiving a Nepali TA, the DOS acted to generate anxiety in the PAPs and maneuvers them in two different ways: - the lengthy I-604 process will likely exhaust the Nepali 60 day window which would then disqualify the parents from completing their adoption and the DOS can claim (as they do) it is Nepal's fault; - a negative result from the I-604 would put the PAP in a position of having to hire legal representation, including private investigators, in order to launch a challenge to the ruling - all without having actually adopted anyone - and with no guarREPORT COMMENTS
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Please help these orphaned children get to America in order to live healthy, productive lives with families who will love them!REPORT COMMENTS
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