Orderly Departure Program

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Organization Timeline

First group of Amerasians departs Vietnam under renewed arrangements

📅 31 December 1987

A group of Amerasian children and relatives traveled out of Vietnam as an Orderly Departure Program arrangement resumed. The program offered a safer legal route for some families, while the categories...

Another group of Amerasian youths leaves Vietnam through ODP

📅 4 July 1988

Twenty-eight Amerasian youths and relatives began a journey to the United States under the departure program. For these families, migration involved claims about parentage, state processing, and the...

United States and Vietnam announce a humanitarian resettlement program

📅 30 July 1989

The joint announcement expanded orderly departure opportunities for former re-education detainees and their families. The arrangement created a route for people who had been detained because of former...

U.S. Government Accountability Office reports on Orderly Departure

📅 11 April 1990

The GAO reviewed the U.S. program for departures from Vietnam, including interviews, case processing, and former re-education detainees. Its report offers a U.S. oversight perspective on the program’s...

Orderly Departure Program closes new registration

📅 30 September 1994

The U.S. program ended registration for new cases, while processing continued for applications already in the system. The closure changed a major legal migration route for Vietnamese families. Its...