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 …
Month: November 2011
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 …
Ethiopia Update Issued by USCIS Office of Public Engagement
The following letter to Stakeholders was issued by the USCIS Office of Public Engament on November 21, 2011: Dear Stakeholder: The USCIS team in Addis Ababa completed its site visit. We are pleased to report that the team was able to complete its review of all of the “not clearly approvable” cases that were awaiting their review. The following provides …
Nepal & India — Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report
Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report UNICEF Nepal’s suppressed Humla report is now available on the web. The reason UNICEF Nepal suppressed (i.e., never published) their 2005 report is unclear. Nor is it clear why trafficked Nepali children were left at the Michael Job Centre, Tamil Nadu, for over six years. UNICEF FWLD Displacement of Children From Humla …
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 …
A Nepalese child trafficker issues death threats (video)
A Nepalese child trafficker issues death threats YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogfdb69FI4U&feature=youtu.be For background, see: Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report http://pearadoptinfo-nepal.blogspot.com/2011/11/dal-bahadur-phadera-suppressed-unicef.html Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/
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
UPDATE on USCIS and DOS Updates on Ethiopia Processing
The following letter was received today at PEAR today addressed to all Stakeholders on Ethiopia Adoptions: Dear Stakeholder- A USCIS team of four officers arrived in Ethiopia and began working at Embassy Addis Ababa on November 7, 2011. As of the date of this notice, the team has received 63 “not clearly approvable” cases from Embassy Addis, and expects to …
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 …
Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report
Dal Bahadur Phadera & the s uppressed UNICEF report UNICEF Nepal’s suppressed Humla report is now available on the web. The reason UNICEF Nepal suppressed (i.e., never published) their 2005 report is unclear. Nor is it clear why trafficked Nepali children were left at the Michael Job Centre, Tamil Nadu, for over six years. UNICEF FWLD Displacement of Children From …