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Ongoing concerns related to inconsistencies in documentation and circumstances of relinquishment or abandonment of children in Vietnam, has led the USCIS to have families file their I-600 (the blue form) in the US prior to travel, beginning October 29, 2007. The initiative has the following goals: To allow an appropriate period of time for USCIS to make determinations related to the orphan status of each child prior to the potential adoptive parent(s) travel to Vietnam and prior to completion of the adoption

Usually, the I-600 is filed after the potential adoptive parents have
traveled and completed the adoption: Referral > Travel > Finalize Adoption > I-600

New Process: Referral > I-600 > Travel >Finalize Adoption

This new process hopes to: Decrease opportunities for irregular and/or fraudulent adoptions; protect children’s right to permanency through intercountry and intracountry adoption; minimize the potential of adoptive parents finding significant problems after finalizing an adoption; and decrease concerns and delays with the filing and determination of the I-600 application. (USCIS is stating that the new process will not significantly increase the amount of time a child remains in an orphanage.)