Travel outline

From the info the agency has provided us I've made a travel outline, which is below. ~Rachel

· 9/20 – arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam. A representative from our agency (Ninh, pronounced Ning) will meet us at the airport as long as we arrive by 6:30 pm. We will stay in Hanoi for 1-2 days.

· We will then take an in-country flight to Tam Ky, Vietnam. Ninh will travel with us. When we first arrive we’ll go to the orphanage to meet Quinn, his caretaker(s) and other orphanage staff. We’ll stay in Tam Ky for 1-3 nights. During this time Quinn’s documents are being translated and we wait for his passport to be issued. Once finished we return to Hanoi....including Quinn.

· Once back in Hanoi an appointment will be made to apply for Quinn’s passport at the Immigration Police. It takes 1 week to issue his passport. Based on this timeframe the agency will make the appointment for Quinn’s Embassy medical exam. The exam won’t take place until the passport is issued. (I don’t really understand this as the docs state his passport will be issued in Tam Ky…so maybe there is just another step once we return to Hanoi. Maybe this step is regarding his visa?).

· Ninh will submit all the visa documents to the Embassy 2 days prior to our visa interview.

· We will have an interview with a Consular Officer to make the final determination on the I600 petition and to approve Quinn’s visa. The visa process can take 4 or more days.

· We will receive a 2nd appointment to pick up the visa.

· Once we have Quinn’s visa we can make arrangements to fly home.