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RE: How The Stateless Project Became A Bridge To Overcome Barriers
Merry Christmas to you too!
Don't give up! i bet there are some funds still out there that you do qualify for. Can i inquire as to the reasons your application wasn't accepted. Residency or income?
Baby Steps are steps none the less! And puts you one step closer to the goal!
All the best and...... for your cute and positive Posts
If it’s an organization that reports to the government, any 501c basically, then they can’t help adoptions in non-Hague countries or ones where placement has already occurred.
There may be some funding out there for non-traditional cases like ours, but it will probably take a lot of digging and word of mouth to find it. Most people in our situation raise the money on their own or have a private network of supporters. And we don’t know many who are dealing with the same legal complications we’re facing with the girls’ statelessness - only two in fact.
But thank you for your encouragement! One Steem at a time ... I mean, step 😉
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I see. Wow. lots of obstacles to circumvent and overcome. I can't imagine how that feels.
Thank you for continuing to share your journey with us!
The main issue is that the girls were not ”placed” in our care by the government first.
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ah.... do they look at you as traffickers?? I certainly hope not. And I guess it hurts that you are not natives?
Best wishes with you. I try to stay up todate through Helen's blog.
Thx
No, it’s not bad. It is just not normal according to western standards. Thus disqualified.
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And maybe the confusion is that the US government didn’t sanction the placement first. The Malaysian government had granted us guardianship and we will finalize the adoption through them. Then we go to the US for approval and citizenship. This is all according to procedures, but there are no US adoption grants for it that we’ve found. It would probably have to fall under a naturalization grant or something ... and I don’t think those exist.
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Well i wish you massive luck! i am sure it will happen. Just hope it is the shorter route. not the long and cumbersome route!
All the best!