Article: Once the IBESR authorizes the adoption, it must be legally finalized. Depending on the child's situation, a number of Haitian government agencies and courts will potentially be involved. This process may take several months. Stay in touch with your ASP. They will let you know if you need to provide any additional documents or information. Your ASP will assist in completing the forms to get your child's new birth certificate and passport so they can travel to the United States. To get the child's passport, gather the adoption decree, IBESR authorization papers, and your own identification. Your ASP will apply for the child's passport using these documents. It typically takes between 2 and 3 months to get the child's passport after the adoption has been completed. Since your child isn't yet a US citizen, this petition requests a visa from USCIS so the child can travel to the US with you. Your child's citizenship will be finalized once they come home to the US for the first time. You can download Form I-800 and instructions at https://www.uscis.gov/i-800. There is no filing fee for Form I-800. The filing of this form is included with the fee you paid when you filed Form I-800A. Your ASP will assist you in gathering the required documents to submit to USCIS so your child can get a visa to travel to the United States. If you're not going to be in Haiti for the interview, these original documents will be sent to your ASP's agent in Haiti. The child must have their birth certificate, two passport-size photos, their Haitian passport, and a medical report. Other documents may be required depending on the child's situation. Your ASP will have a list of the specific documents you need. Before the child's visa interview, go online to https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx to complete this form. Enter identification and biological data about the child and include the cover sheet along with other documentation for the child's visa interview. Your child's visa interview takes place at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince. A consular officer will evaluate all of the child's documents and issue a visa for the child to travel to the United States. Your ASP typically will have an agent in Haiti who will attend the visa interview with your child if you are not yet in the country. Sign a Power of Attorney document that gives them authority to represent the child. Provided all the documents are in order, your child's visa will be issued within 2 working days of the interview. After your child's visa has been issued, go back to the IBESR with the adoption order and decree and the child's travel documents. The IBESR will issue an exit letter that allows the child to leave the country with you. Haiti requires a second in-country visit, typically lasting around 6 days. During this time, you will finalize legal travel arrangements for your child so they are allowed to enter the United States with you. Regardless of where in Haiti your child lives, most of your meetings on this trip will take place in Port-au-Prince. Once your child enters the US, they will automatically become a citizen of the US.
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Receive word that the adoption has been finalized. Order a new birth certificate and Haitian passport for the child. File Form I-800 with the USCIS. Gather documentation for the visa interview. Complete Form DS-260. Schedule your child's visa interview. Request Haitian travel authorization. Travel to Haiti to bring your child home.
Article: Your child may have mastered staying dry during the day, but that does not mean that he or she will be ready to stay dry at night. For most children, it's fine to keep them in diapers (or pull-up style disposable underwear) until they start waking up dry most mornings. Understand that developmentally, each child is different. Some children can stay dry at night during the toddler years; others are still having accidents at age six or beyond. Try not to compare your son or daughter to other children. Once you decide to give up nighttime diapers, you'll want to prepare for the inevitable accidents. Get a waterproof cover to put under the sheets but above the mattress, to protect it from damage. When your child has an accident in the middle of the night, it's helpful to have clean sheets and pajamas nearby. That way, you can simply remove the soiled sheets, wipe the waterproof cover with a cloth, put clean sheets on the bed, and help your child change into fresh sleepwear. As your child gets older, you may want to enlist his or her help in this routine. Most preschoolers can remove soiled sheets, put on clean pajamas, and help you put clean linens on the bed. Accidents will happen and, indeed, they may happen very frequently at first and it's important that you support your child and take them in stride. Tell your child that learning to stay dry at night is a process and that it's okay if it takes some time.
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Wait until your child is ready. Buy a waterproof mattress cover. Keep spare linens and pajamas close at hand. Maintain a relaxed attitude.