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Hi,
I received my file from the Ministry after I paid a couple of fees a few years ago. Recently it came to my attention that in BC you could apply through the FIOA as well. I wrote a letter about a month ago and have yet to receive anything (still waiting) but there is no cost. I wanted to apply for this to see if any of the information was different or included additional 'stuff' - as well, there was a lot of things blacked out in my copy of the original file so I want to see if this route will give me any more information. I will keep you posted.
Also, when I sent my letter to the FIOA I asked to receive my records from my hopital of birth. I did receive that file rather quickly. It did have my bmom's name on it but most of the info was about my first few days of life - what and how much I was eating, weight etc.
The FIOA is different it seems in every province. I have a friend who looked into applying through them for their Manitoba adoption records - but Manitoba adoption info is exempt from the FIOA. This is what I heard anyway - I have not looked into other provinces myself.
I hope this helps.
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