[brendanod]

Just to add to what I have already said:

820 visas were issued to US adoptive familys adopting in Vietnam in 2007

20 NOIDS were issued, there were also a number of Pre-NOIDS asking for more information.

100, 1-600 cases have been processed since November 2007, most within the 60 days.

Brendan

[Cybermom]

Originally Posted by murdoc

2. Statistically, Vietnam has never placed more than 300 children within one year. There WILL be roughly 1700 families forced to move on without a child from Vietnam if the program closes in September.

This is from the DOS site specific to VN orphan visas issued to the US alone. As you can see, well over 300 Visas were issued for VN orphans to the US in 2001 and 2002 and even when the program shut down in 2003 there were still more than 300 issued. Based on these #'s specific to VN, there is no way they only placed 300 children in any year based solely on the # of orphan visa issued to the US.


PATTERNS OF IMMIGRATION OF ADOPTED ORPHANS TO THE U.S.: Recent U.S. immigrant visa statistics reflect the following pattern for visa issuance to Vietnamese orphans. Please note that the Government of Vietnam suspended intercountry adoptions with the United States in 2003, after which time only very rare exceptions were granted.

Fiscal Year
Number of Immigrant Visas Issued

FY 2005
6

FY 2004
21

FY 2003
328

FY 2002
766

FY 2001
737