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	<title>China Adopt Talk &#187; USCIS Issues</title>
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	<description>Join the Rumor Queen as she looks for the latest rumors and then analyzes them, trying to figure out what the CCAA will do next.</description>
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		<title>I-800a Discussion</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2012/01/26/i-800a-discussion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we did it, it was the I600a, and it was the worst part of the process for us &#8212; both times. I understand the procedures have changed a great deal, so I&#8217;d like to open up the comments today for people to talk about what it took (or is taking) for them to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 15th, and a USCIS rumor</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2012/01/18/august-15th-and-a-uscis-rumor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rumors - Next Referrals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enough agencies are saying the cut-off is the 15th that I think it&#8217;s probably the cut-off. I&#8217;m putting it at an R4. It&#8217;s not an R5 because I&#8217;m told there is still one European agency telling their 8/18 people they are in this time. Several agencies are saying referrals have been mailed. I&#8217;m thinking that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandfathered Pre-Hague Families</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2011/11/09/grandfathered-pre-hague-families/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hague Implementation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2008 I posted this post, where the example showed that a family who originally filed an I-600a in February of 2007 would be grandfathered until February or March of 2013 as long as they kept filing and extending before things expired. Basically, the rules at the time said you pay to file, then [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>International Adoption Simplification Act is LAW</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/11/30/international-adoption-simplification-act-is-law/</link>
		<comments>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/11/30/international-adoption-simplification-act-is-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Adoption Simplification Act has been signed!!! http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/signed-legislation If you missed the discussion about this two weeks ago and have no idea what this is, you can go here for a summary of what it does.]]></description>
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		<title>S. 1376 International Adoption Simplification Act</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/11/16/s-1376-international-adoption-simplification-act/</link>
		<comments>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/11/16/s-1376-international-adoption-simplification-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[USCIS Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The International Adoption Simplification Act basically fixes a few things that Hague compliance complicated. Summary from: http://www.gop.gov/bill/111/2/s1376 Under current law, U.S. citizens can generally adopt children from foreign countries and have those children considered as being immediate relatives for immigration purposes if the children are adopted while under the age of sixteen.  However, adoptions are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>New USCIS Fees as of November 23, 2010</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/10/13/new-uscis-fees-as-of-november-23-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/10/13/new-uscis-fees-as-of-november-23-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can see all of the changes at the USCIS site, but the fees most relevant to us are: I-600/600A and I-800/800A    Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, was $670, will be $720 Biometrics (Fingerprinting) was $80, will be $85 On another note, I&#8217;m watching FoxNews live from work on streamick.com. I am so [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consulate Appointments</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/09/10/consulate-appointments-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few things about the Consulate: It used to be that the appointment at the consulate happened one day and then the oath and Visa both happened on another day. Now the appointment happens one day, then the Oath the next day, and the Visa the day after that. That means there are only appointments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Random Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/09/09/more-random-thoughts-2/</link>
		<comments>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/09/09/more-random-thoughts-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rumors - Special Needs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted about the CCAA&#8217;s new Special Needs policy here, now that we&#8217;re about a week into it, I&#8217;m curious if anyone is seeing the affects of the new policy? I think GlitterGirl and I now have everything out in the open between us that needs to be talked through after watching Wo Ai Ni [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consulate &#8211; that was fast</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/08/24/consulate-that-was-fast/</link>
		<comments>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/08/24/consulate-that-was-fast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[USCIS Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chinaadopttalk.com/?p=6828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow &#8211; looks like the consulate has opened up more slots. You can read their notice here. They also listed upcoming holidays, which I&#8217;m going to copy here, just to make sure we&#8217;ve got a record of them when the page there changes to another URL. U.S. Labor Day: Sept. 6 (Consulate Closed) Chinese Mid-Autumn [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consulate Appointments</title>
		<link>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/08/20/consulate-appointments/</link>
		<comments>http://chinaadopttalk.com/2010/08/20/consulate-appointments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RumorQueen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[USCIS Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m told that the consulate is once again backed up with appointments, and that people are having to delay travel because there aren&#8217;t enough appointment slots available. When this has happened before we&#8217;ve been able to get them to open the schedule up a bit more by getting our congress people involved. To write your [...]]]></description>
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