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What you need to file at the beginning of the adoption process is the I-600A, not the I-600. You do not file the I-600 until you go to the U.S. Embassy abroad with your child to get his/her visa.
The I-600A is filed with the homestudy report. If you are approved by the USCIS to bring an orphan into the U.S., you will receive a form 797-C or 171-H. (These are later and earlier versions of the same form; some states use one, and some the other.) The U.S. Embassy in your country of choice will also receive a cable, indicating that you have been approved.
The I-600, which you will file overseas after your adoption, allows a second look at your file, but mostly focuses on your child's eligibility for a visa. You will file this form at the Embassy with things like your child's birth certificate and adoption decree.
Sharon
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Sharon, age 64
Mom to Rebecca
born 10/18/95
adopted 5/5/97
Xiamen (Fujian prov.), China
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