Submission of Application regarding the Inter Country Adoption (MOWCSW)

Submission of Application regarding the Inter Country Adoption (MOWCSW): http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/inter-country-adoption-15-en.html Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Inter Country Adoption Management Committee Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal Subject: Submission of Application regarding the Inter Country Adoption Date: 17 November 2011 In accordance with the Article 8 of Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of …

GAO Report on Adoption Tax Credit Audits and Delays

Excerpt: As of August 2011, 68 percent of the nearly 100,000 returns on which taxpayers claimed the adoption credit were sent to correspondence audit. However, of the approximately 35,000 returns on which audits have been completed as of August, IRS only assessed additional tax about 17 percent of the time. The equivalent rate for all correspondence audits in 2010 was …

DOS Adoption Notice: Ethiopia Procedure for Processing Adoption Cases

November 16, 2011Notice: Procedure for Processing Adoption Cases This notice provides supplemental information to the adoption notice of October 7, 2011, adding additional details on the process applicable to orphan petitions filed with a U.S. Embassy Consular Section overseas. While the description has been tailored to answer inquiries specific to Ethiopia, the steps described in this explanation apply to all …

DOS Office of Children’s Releases FY 2011 Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption Statistics

The DOS has published it Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report on Intercountry Adoption. A copy of the report can be downloaded on the DOS Adoption website: http://adoption.state.gov/ by clicking the link under “Latest News” on the left hand side of the screen. Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org

USCIS and DOS Updates on Ethiopia Processing

At it’s Ocotber 28 Statkeholder Meeting on Ethiopia, USCIS promised to post Notes form the meeting to its website for parents unable to attend the teleconference. The notes were published this week, but leave a lot of room for improvement: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited stakeholders to call and discuss USCIS processing of Ethiopian adoption cases which the …