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Originally Posted by murdoc
2. Statistically, Vietnam has never placed more than 300 children within one year. There WILL be roughly 1700 families forced to move on without a child from Vietnam if the program closes in September.
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This is from the DOS site specific to VN orphan visas issued to the US alone. As you can see, well over 300 Visas were issued for VN orphans to the US in 2001 and 2002 and even when the program shut down in 2003 there were still more than 300 issued. Based on these #'s specific to VN, there is no way they only placed 300 children in any year based solely on the # of orphan visa issued to the US.
PATTERNS OF IMMIGRATION OF ADOPTED ORPHANS TO THE U.S.: Recent U.S. immigrant visa statistics reflect the following pattern for visa issuance to Vietnamese orphans. Please note that the Government of Vietnam suspended intercountry adoptions with the United States in 2003, after which time only very rare exceptions were granted.
Fiscal Year
Number of Immigrant Visas Issued
FY 2005
6
FY 2004
21
FY 2003
328
FY 2002
766
FY 2001
737