We got word from our agency on Tuesday that USCIS has changed the procedure in which to file your I600. In the past when you arrived in Vietnam you would have your Visa appointment after your Giving & Receiving Ceremony and that is when you would turn in the paperwork to get your child's Visa to come home. Agencies have just been notified that effective October 29th you will no longer be able to do this, that you will mail your I600 application to Vietnam with certain documents and it will take 60 days for processing. After you receive a favorable determination then you will wait for your travel date.
J assures me that this will not affect us in anyway. Clearly we will not be traveling within 60 days so it will give us plenty of time to do this. So for the families like us that have just accepted referrals or that are waiting for referrals this could be a good thing because it will cut down the in country stay by as much as 1 week. So instead of being in Vietnam for 3 weeks it could possibly be 2 weeks.
The big question right now is what happens to the families that have their visas, their airline reservations and are ready to travel. I feel sure that our USCIS will make provisions for these cases but am very interested in finding out what is decided here.
Please pray for some very dear friends of mine who are waiting any day now to get their travel call to bring home their precious children. Our prayer is that this new policy change will not delay their pick up trips. Thank you so much for all your prayers!
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