Local Compassion staff in program countries receive many requests from loving sponsors around the world who want to visit their sponsored children. We need to allow enough time for the staff in your sponsored child’s country to organise and schedule a visit. Trying to squeeze in a visit on short notice might result in other visits being delayed, which would be unfair to other sponsors.

There are also several necessary procedures Compassion must follow to ensure we’re in line with child safety measures and other regulations that might apply. The administrative process and time frames behind these checks can vary, so we want to allow enough time for all arrangements to be finalised.