UPDATE: USCIS Announces It will Be Ending the Special Program for Humanitarian Parole for Haitian Orphans

Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian OrphanFinal Opportunity to Request Consideration Introduction U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will stop accepting new requests for parole under the Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian Orphans effective April 13, 2010, because the Haitian government has requested that the United States bring the program to a close. While USCIS believes that the vast …

UPDATE: Licenses Revoked from Nine Orphanages in Ehtiopia

PEAR has received an unconfirmed list of the orphanages involved in the recent revocation of licenses in Ethiopia (see: http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2010/03/media-ethiopia-revokes-licences-of-nine.html). We have been attempting to confirm the list with the Ethiopian government and the US government over the past two weeks. In reply to our request for confirmation, the US Embassy in Addis Ababa recommended that we seek confirmation through …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Liberia

Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 7,2010 The U.S. Embassy in Monrovia has been informed by the Government of Liberia that it will issue exit clearances, on a case-by-case basis, to children whose full and final adoption had been completed prior to January 26, 2009 and approved by Liberia’s Ad-hoc Central Adoption Authority. …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Thailand

Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 2010 The Department of Social Development and Welfare (DSDW) has announced that it will not accept new inter-country adoption requests made directly through DSDW for “healthy” orphans from Thailand for 2010. According to DSDW, there are not many orphans available for intercountry adoption in this category in …

UK Order on Adoptions from Nepal

Order currently before Parliament awaiting approval: Statutory Instruments 2010 No. 951Children And Young Persons, England And WalesChildren And Young Persons, Northern Ireland The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad (Nepal) Order 2010 Made: 24th March 2010 Laid before Parliament: 29th March 2010 Coming into force: 3rd May 2010 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following …

United Kingdom to suspend adoptions from Nepal (order subject to Parliament’s approval)

United Kingdom to suspend adoptions from Nepal (order subject to Parliament’s approval): http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/em/uksiem_20100951_en.pdf EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TOTHE SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON ADOPTIONS FROM ABROAD(NEPAL) ORDER 2010 2010 No. 951 1. This explanatory memorandum has been prepared by the Department forChildren, Schools and Families (“the Department”) and is laid beforeParliament by Command of Her Majesty. This memorandum contains information for the Joint Committee …

MEDIA: Romanian Adoptees Reunite with Firsta Families, Friends

This series was broadcast in Romania in the Fall of 2009 on Antena 1 TV and is now available on Youtube. They are extremely powerful and touching videos. Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=yPOetgu-xfA Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gEATguSprmY& feature=related Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=V5ZIwZfl44& feature=relatedPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=c6ZR-9Y2vd4& feature=related Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ATKKPjVGijs& feature=related Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=1MYMvnS8dwY& feature=related Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All …

CIVIL SUITS: Little Pearls/Vietnam

http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/03/24/25836.htm Seven Claim Adoption Agency Rolled Them By MARIMER MATOS TAMPA (CN) – Couples trying to adopt children from Vietnam say the Little Pearls Adoptions Agency took $133,000 to “hold” children for them, then informed them it had a “license issue,” and refuses to return the money. In the federal RICO complaint, the seven plaintiffs sued Debbie Fischer and Richard …

UPDATE: Hungary, Hungarian Ministry Statement on Adoptions for 2010

http://www.szmm.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=16497&articleID=42014&ctag=articlelist&iid=1 Information for the prospective adoptive parents about the number of the applications the Hungarian Central Authority can accept in 2010 Central Authority 26th of October 2009 As we reported in our letter dated on 22nd of October 2008, every year we are going to inform You about the applications we can accept the next year. In 2010 we do …