Recent Communications from DOS concerning in process adoptions

The US DOS has released a series of emails directed to prospective parents, adoption service providers and interested stakeholder NGOs. PEAR has decided to post the communications on our blog for the benefit of prospective parents who did not register with DOS, families in independent process, and organizations and individuals following adoptions from Nepal and/or assisting families adopting from Nepal. …

Adoption Agency-Vietnam Province Reference for 2006-2008

PEAR has pulled data from many sources to produce Adoption Agency-Vietnam Province Cross Reference lists for the 2006-2008 period. You may find this reference material useful while reading the EJ Graff’s latest article “Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis“ or when reviewing the Ten disturbing adoption cases from Vietnam, By Province: References to Adoption Problems, Startling Quotes or other FOIA documents …

Vietnam Update: Schuster Institute Publishes U.S. government documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act

Vietnam adoption fraud specifics are exposed in documents obtained by the Schuster Institute through the Freedom of Information Act. For full access to the report and supporting resources, please visit the Schuster Institute Adoption website at: http://www.brandeis.edu/investigate/gender/adoption/FOIAs.html For those interested in information on which agencies were licensed in which provinces of Vietnam, the following is the list that was officially …

DOS: Adoption Alert Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues September 9, 2010 A new Kazakh passport requirement has created a processing delay for all passports of about three months. This delay directly affects inter-country adoptions since adoptive children must acquire a passport before they can travel to the United States. Although applicants could previously pay a …

ISS Report: Haiti: “Expediting” intercountry adoptions in the aftermath of a natural disaster … preventing future harm.

Haiti: “Expediting” intercountry adoptions in the aftermath of a natural disaster … preventing future harm. Press Release from ISS*: This report examines intercountry adoption practices in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Haiti has been a ‘popular’ country of origin, meaning that thousands of children were at some stage of the adoption process – albeit simply “identified” as potentially …

DOS Adoption Alert: Rwanda Update

Rwanda Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues September 3, 2010 Effective August 31, 2010, the Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF) temporarily suspended all new applications for intercountry adoptions to prepare for accession to the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption (the Convention). U.S. …

Updated International Adoption Doctor Directory Now Available

The revised directory can be freely downloaded from PEAR’s website at http://www.pear-now.org/PEAR_IA_Doctor_E-Directory.pdf This directory is arranged alphabetically by state and city within each state. The clinics listed in this directory have at least one MD,DO or NP in its practice and have experience with international adoption medicine. Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) does not officially endorse any listing in …