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Democratic Republic of the Congo and Biological Children

biological children: In 2013, the Wiens, residents of Cochrane with three biological children, were matched with a one month old girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to CTV. The girls current country of residence and her soon-to-be adopted country of Canada are also engaged in a Catch-22 scenario over the issuing of documents and The process of adopting a child from a foreign country can be a long and frustrating ordeal, but for the Wien family, the Canadian government has created one of the largest obstacles to their efforts to hold their one-year-old daughter. An investigation by the Congolese government stalled the initial meeting between the girl and her adopted parents, as all exit visas for adopted children were suspended while a review was conducted into the care children received in their new homes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.