DOS Adoption Alert – Mexico

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 15, 2010 The Department of State has issued a new Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico of concerns about the security situation in Mexican border regions as well as other areas in Mexico. Adoptive parents, and all travelers to Mexico, should read …

MEDIA: CARA Asks Preet Mandir to Close

Put up for adoption, but future uncertain Nisha Nambiar Posted: Friday , Apr 09, 2010 at 0313 hrs, Pune CARA asks Preet Mandir to discontinue inter-country adoption; agency puts forth petitions of 25 children As many as 25 children put up for inter-country adoption in the past two months by city-based adoption centre Preet Mandir are facing an uncertain future. …

DOS Adoption Notice – Ethiopia

EthiopiaU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Adoption Processing at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa April 13, 2010 The Federal First Instance Court of Ethiopia has announced that as of May 9, 2010, adoptive parents must appear at the federal court hearing for their adoptive child in order for the adoption to be approved. This new …

MEDIA: Baby dearth snags adoption (Kantipur)

Baby dearth snags adoption (Kantipur): http://www.ekantipu r.com/2010/ 04/12/national/ baby-dearth- snags-adoption/ 312193/ KATHMANDU, APR 12 – Despite government measures to make inter-country adoption foolproof and hassle-free, the prospective adoptive parents are unlikely to get the children of their choice if the present situation persists. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is facing shortage of children who are eligible …

MEDIA: Russia Places Ireland on Blacklist for Adoptions

On the importance of submitting your post placement reports… http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0410/1224268058465.htmlRussia puts Ireland on its blacklist for adoptions SEVERAL HUNDRED Irish couples attempting to adopt children in Russiacould be blocked from completing the process following Moscow’s decision to put the Republic on a new “adoption blacklist”. This week, Russian authorities stopped accepting adoption referrals from Irish applicants and the embassy in …

Russian Ministry of Education and Science releases new list of homestudy agencies with missing postplacement reports

If you have not submitted your postplacement report, please do so as it does have an effect on prospective adoptive parents. On April 5, 2010, a new list was released. It may affect a pending adoption even if you are working with an agency with a Russian permit but your homestudy agency is listed. If your Homestudy provider is listed …

MEDIA: Russian adoptee returned back to Russia alone on a plane

PEAR is providing a summary of what is known at the time of this posting. Scroll to bottom for updates On April, 8, 2010, Russian media outlets broke the story of the return of a seven year old Russian male adoptee to Russia last week.(see articles http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-04-08/adopted-russian-child-returns.html http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/08/6183041.html and http://gazeta.ru/social/2010/04/08/3349271.shtml and Youtube interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRsjyWtUxXA&feature=youtube_gdata The child was adopted by …

Department of State — Adoption Alert Nepal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal http://adoption.state.gov/news/nepal.html# April 9, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal April 9, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Ghana

Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Change in Processing Timeline for Adoption Cases in Ghana April 7, 2010 The U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana wishes to advise adoptive parents of procedural changes that may increase the processing time for some adoption cases. Adoptive parents should be aware that an I-604 (Determination on Child for …