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I wish I could say for sure wether the info you've been given is accurate or not, so for the meantime, I'll just try to give you some encouragement. Our situation is somewhat different in that my wife is a US born Citizen, and I'm Canadian with permanent residency in the US. Also, we are adopting domestically, not internationally.
I brought up the fact that I am not yet a US citizen early on and our agency didn't have any problems with that whatsoever. All they were concerned about was that I was here legally, past that, they just did the normal investigating that goes with a home study.
Having nearly choked to death on the red tape that goes along with going through the immigration system, one thing I can tell you for sure is that different people employed by the INS will tell you conflicting stories all day long. My best recommendation to you is to continue to learn as much as you can about the specific laws regarding resident aliens adopting internationally. Like I say, don't take the word of one person as the be-all-end-all. I've found that more often than not, those of us who are going through immigration know more than the folks standing behind the counter of the immigration office. It sounds like this adoption is very important to you and it may even be worth the money to visit with an immigration lawyer about this.
Good luck to you on both of the adoption and immigration fronts!
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