[Yash]

My agency sent me an email saying, they have heard and confirmed with other agencies but haven't officially heard from INS that effective March 31, birth parents who sign over their rights to an orphanage must now submit to a DNA test once the child is referred to an adoptive family. The adoptive family must pay for the birth parents to travel to HCMC or Hanoi for the DNA test, where the INS will also take pictures of the birth parents. If the test is positive, the adoption can move ahead. This process should take about a month or so. Also INS has the right to request a second DNA test at the time the child's visa will be issued.

It looks like VN is going the way of Guatemala.

I hope this was some horrible April's Fool Joke.

Yes, I know it's not INS anymore but I get their other name mixed up.