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The information below is what we are telling families in regards to adopting from an asian culture:
Cambodia is still closed. Rumors have been flying recently that it could open up in June. Agencies should NOT be accepting families into this program yet.
Vietnam IS temporarily closed to new adoption referrals. It is expected to re-open in April of this year. Families that already have referrals and made their first trip already are completing their adoptions and can expect to travel in the next few months. There are NO new referrals coming out of Vietnam at this time. We have been accepting new families into our Vietnam program with the understanding that they will be waiting for a referral.
Kazakhstan is currently open, though there has been some political unrest causing delays in travel. Adoptions are still being processed and referrals are still available. There are both asian and caucasian (and a mixture of both) children available.
China's numbers quotas have been lifted and the time waiting for a referral should shorten. From each agency, China is accepting only 6% of total applications from that agency to be from single women. You will still receive a referral, you may just wait slightly longer (but still less than last year). This has not been an issue for our agency as we simply wait to send in a single woman's dossier until we have enough dossiers of families to make the right percentage.
All of these programs are excellent! As long as you go into a program (any program) knowing what the CURRENT climate is, you should be fine!! Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Best regards,
Leah
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