adoption

I have facilitated an adoption file,to adopt children from the Dominican Republic, I am from Canada, I am very hopeful, optimistic and excited about the process, this is an event that my husband and I have talked about for a few years now..and finally after reviewing several countries re: adoption, and being yearly travellers to the DR as well as visiting two orphanages to spend time with the children, we were able to come to the decision that this is really what we wanted to do, adoption from the Dominican Republic.
Our agency has sent our file to the DR laywers, which in turn was then submitted to Conani. It is now approx. 15 months that our file is in the Dominican Republic.
Our homestudy file was approved for a healthy sibling group of 2, between the ages of 2 years old and 5 years old.
I wonder if anyone has insight as to how much longer it will be before we can expect a child proposal?
Thank You. Enjoy the day!

Although perhaps our cases are different, whereby you have life with your husbands' children as their mother on paper or not.
And I am in the midst of adoption of 'unknown' orphaned children from the country facilitated by CONANI.
In any case thanks for your reply, wishing you the best.

Mr. Fabio J. Guzman

Hello and Thank You, I must ask then based on your response, "then why is my dossier taking so long ?" Mr. Fabio Guzman, it has been 15 months without a referal, and our referal based on our dossier, is a healthy sibling group of 2 children ,from 2 years old to 5 years old, this is not I would guess a usual request, and yet a wonderful experience for the children to start a new life together with opportunity etc...Our souls are full of hope, love, and opportunity for our 'children' and I know these children exist in the country, we have met some of these beautiful, caring souls, over the years, in certain orphanages, and at that time, we wish we would have started our dossier then, but it took a few more years yet before we really came into the light that this was right for us, and now, what seems so simple ( even after all of the paper work and etc..) is so unpredictably delayed ! We love too travel to the dominican republic, and our thoughts will always be that our children will know and love their country and grow to return and assist in their cournty of origin, ie: lawyer, doctor, mission, etc..that has been my and our thoughts thru all of this, and what a wonderful idea, for Dominican Republic to have it's children come home as strong intelligent, educated adults ...in fact we thought about moving to the country at some point, since it is our favorite place to be.. Okay now this message is going on too long, I excuse myself, however I am soo...full of thoughts and feelings, and this is my expression to communicate with someone related to the Domincan Legal System and from what I understand your firm is the oldest, and with the best reputation, and that is why, also in the beginning , I refered your firn to our adoption agency to start facilitating adoptions in Canada..I am really pleased that you have taken the time to answer my post, and I would like to invite you to communicate further with us in this matter, if you feel that this is something that is of your interest... Thank You.
Best Regards,
Jo-Ann & Leo Valstar
Ontario Canada

Thank You. I look forward to your correspondence.

Thanks HB. I'll take that advice into consideration, for now I will wait for further correspondence from Mr. Fabio Guzman, perhaps with his expertise, he will be able to assist in a successful outcome.

Mr. Fabio J. Guzman

Fabio J. Guzman said:

I understand your frustration which we share. I'll be sending you a private message shortly.

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Good Day Mr. Guzman,
I was just wondering if you have sent a PM that I may not have received?
Thanks again for your time. I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
Jo-Ann & Leo Valstar
Ontario Canada

Fabio J. Guzman said:

There are two main problems here: (1) the scarcity of available children for adoption and (2) the sometimes misleading information obtained from CONANI about availability. We have many adoptions filed just waiting for children to become available. Sometimes a child comes up that nobody wants and you get ahead on the list. For example, a few months ago we finalized the adoption of a Haitian-Dominican child by a European couple who were willing to take him.

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Dear Mr. Fabio J. Guzman,

Other than using the specific words: A Dominican Child: Is there a difference to specify ethnic origin to adopt a child from the Dominican Republic? Such as:

a Haitian-Dominican child.

and/or would you also specify an adoption request as:

a Dominican child or a Dominican child of mixed ethnic origin.

I am a bit confused on how to word the child desired in order to keep the option open for a wider range of children available for adoption.
Thank You for your kind attention and time.
Jo-Ann and Leo Valstar
Ontario Canada