[jovelyn_1]

I am a Permanent Resident of the US with an "adopted" child in the Philippines. My adopted child's birth mother left her in my arms at a Church when she was weeks old and never returned. That was 1993. Since then I have worked abroad, sending money home to the Philippines to care for the needs of my "adopted" daughter Apple. Her birth record shows her last name as Lustica, my maiden surname. I told the town what happened and they created her birth record. I accurately accounted in my paperwork to become a citizen of the US that I do not have children (because I was never married and because my child was never "legally adopted").

What can I do and how can I get her in country. I never lived with her for two consecutive years and have no legal adoption papers.

Thanks