[nezumi]

Hi, It will take a while before your homestudy is done and your file gets screened by the Indian authorities. In Canada, it takes about 7-8 months to get the homestudy done (you will need this in any case). Then, another year or so after your file is sent to India while Indian authorities clear you for adoption and send your file to the orphanages. Then they will select a child and release him/her for adoption locally - another 2-4 months. All that will take until about 2009. You could start the process now and by the time you get your citizenship, you should be very close to getting the child. If you wait until 2009, you will have to wait another 2-3 years. You should check if you can start homestudy while on greencard and whether you can send your file along while waiting for citizenship.