May 20, 2011 Notice: Ukrainian Family Code Amendments and adoption processing in Ukraine On May 19, the Ukrainian government passed an amendment to its Family Code to require orphans to be registered on the central adoption registry for one year and to be at least 5 years old before they are eligible for intercountry adoption. The amendment exempts children with …
Month: May 2011
An Open Letter from Norma Cruz to Senator Mary Landrieu
The following letter was provided to PEAR for publication at large. It follows up CICIG’s request for clarification from Senator Landrieu on her comments questioning the legitimacy of the CICIG report Players Involved in the Illegal Adoption Process in Guatemala since the Entry into Force of the Adoption Law referenced in our blog on May 4, 2011 – http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2011/05/cicigs-report-on-players-involved-in.html. Senator …
DOS Adoption Notice: Mexico
May 19, 2011 Notice: Adoption Service Providers Authorized in Mexico The Mexican Central Authority (MCA) has provided the U.S. Central Authority (USCA) with information clarifying its process to authorize U.S.-based Hague accredited adoption service providers (ASPs) to provide adoption services in Mexico. All prospective adoptive parents seeking to complete an intercountry adoption in Mexico must work with an ASP that …
DOS Adoption Notice: Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo May 13, 2011Notice: Change to travel requirement for prospective adoptive parents The U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa has been verbally informed by the Direction Generale de Migration in Kinshasa (Immigration Office) that a change in regulation will now require prospective adoptive parents to travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo to pick up their child in order …
COMMENTARY: Response to China’s Latest Adoption Scandal
— by Brian H. Stuy The news this week that Chinese Family Planning officials had raided a small farming community in rural Hunan Province and confiscated nearly twenty young children has citizens in China understandably outraged. Family Planning officials are already despised by most Chinese, due to their ability to blatantly and capriciously impose their will on local families. As …
U.S. Still Suspects Fraud In Nepalese Orphanages (NPR)
U.S. Still Suspects Fraud In Nepalese Orphanages by Monica Brady-Myerov May 10, 2011 Listen to the Story: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136179395/u-s-still-suspects-fraud-in-nepalese-orphanages All Things Considered — National Public Radio Photo — Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images The Helpless Children Protection Home is an orphanage in Katmandu. Last August, the U.S. government suspended adoptions from Nepal because it was concerned about fraud in Nepal’s adoption system — …
MEDIA: Adoption Scandal Being Reported in Media
Allegations in the Chinese and other international media are emerging concerning reports that babies were confiscated under the country’s one-child policy and put up for intercountry adoption against their families’ wishes. Adoptive and prospective adoptive families should fully investigate adoptions programs both with their agency and through independent and alternative information sources. Be aware of potential issues and be prepared …
Child adoption process to become more credible (The Himalayan Times)
Child adoption process to become more credible The Himalayan Times2011-05-08 KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is working on the recommendations of the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law to make the adoption process more credible and reliable. The ministry is gearing up to implement recommendations forwarded by the Permanent Bureau. …
UPDATE: Kyrgyzstan Moratorium
Radio Free Europe reported on May 7, 2011 that the Kyrg government has lifted the moratorium on intercountry adoptions which has been in effect since February 2009:http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyzstan_lifts_ban_on_international_adoptions/24094372.html The lifting of the ban comes on the heels of an official US visit to Kyrgystan by DOS Special Advisor on Children’s Issues, Ambassador Susan Jacobs, on February 14, 2011. The purpose of …
SURVEY: Stories of Adult Transnational Adoptees and their American Parents
A mother – daughter team of researchers is putting together research on the relationship between adult transnational adoptees and their adoptive parents. The goal is open dialogue between adoptees and their adoptive parents on issues related to transnational adoption. If you are an adult transnational adoptee or the adoptive parent of an adult transnational adoptee and you would like to …