"Pre-Adoption Review of Orphan Status"
"Last year a number of American families were refused visas to bring their recently adopted Cam-bodian and Vietnamese children back to the U.S. when U.S. Embassy officials determined that the children did not meet the required “orphan” definition. In an attempt to prevent similar situations, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) has announced an optional pilot program to give adopting parents a pre-travel determination of whether the child they plan to adopt will qualify as an orphan. The program is available only for adoptions from Haiti, Honduras,
Philippines, Poland, and Sierra Leone. Full information is posted at:
www.immigration.gov/graphics/services/index2.htm "
The above info is located at: http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=536