My wife and I have adopted two girls from St. Petersburg Russia two and three years ago. They are now 15 and 14 and are doing great. Our oldest daughter has a friend who has visited the US three times now with a large group of kids on a visitors visa.
We have fallen in love with her and would like to bring her over here permanently. Problem is the region she is from the adoptions have been and are still closed. She will very soon be 16 years old (two weeks) which is too old to adopt per American law.
Does anyone know if there is any way we can legally get her over here, even if it just on a visitors visa or education visa to start with? She understands English but does not speak it well so she would not be able to pass an English exam at this point. Could we "sponsor" her and bring her over to better learn english?
I have done a ton of reading but have come up empty handed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
We have fallen in love with her and would like to bring her over here permanently. Problem is the region she is from the adoptions have been and are still closed. She will very soon be 16 years old (two weeks) which is too old to adopt per American law.
Does anyone know if there is any way we can legally get her over here, even if it just on a visitors visa or education visa to start with? She understands English but does not speak it well so she would not be able to pass an English exam at this point. Could we "sponsor" her and bring her over to better learn english?
I have done a ton of reading but have come up empty handed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.