Bolivia April 26, 2013 Notice: Procedural Barriers to Hague Adoptions The Office of Children’s Issues and the U.S. Embassy in La Paz have received numerous inquiries from prospective adoptive parents interested in adopting children from Bolivia. Bolivia is a Party to the Hague Adoption Convention. Therefore, in order to adopt a Bolivian child, prospective adoptive parents are required to work …
Month: April 2013
DOS Adoption Alert: Haiti authorizes U.S. adoption service providers
Haiti April 24, 2013 Alert: Haiti authorizes U.S. adoption service providers Haiti’s adoption authority, Institut du Bien-Être Social et de Recherches (IBESR), has authorized a limited number of U.S. adoption service providers (ASPs) to provide adoption services in Haiti pursuant to its new administrative adoption procedures, which became effective on November 5, 2012. Although these new procedures are part of …
USCIS Adoption Information on Universal Accreditation act
USCIS has released the following information with regards to the Universal Accrditation Act to help clear up questions by prospective adoptive parents and adoption service providers: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ac818aea586bd310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=8d5e901bf9873210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD The Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 The Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 (UAA) goes into effect on July 14, 2014. As of that date, all agencies or persons that provide adoption …
Announcing New Officers and Directors of PEAR
Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform, PEAR, welcomes a new President and four new members to its volunteer Board of Directors. Barbara McArtney, a founding member of PEAR and current Interim President, will become our new President. Joining PEAR as general directors are: Thaddeus Batt, CTO and Managing Partner, SpireMedia, Inc.; Elizabeth Dahl, attorney; Holly Mulford, pediatric nurse practitioner and blogger …
DOS Adoption Notice: Health Concerns in Ethiopia
Ethiopia April 2, 2013 Notice: Health Concerns in Ethiopia On March 14, 2013, U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa released an important message for U.S. citizens via email to U.S. adoption service providers and a notice on the U.S. Embassy Addis Ababa website about a recent increase in suspected meningitis cases in Ethiopia. The suspected cases are primarily in the Southern Nations, …
DOS Adoption Alert: Serbia Adoption
March 29, 2013 Alert: Serbia Adoption U.S. Embassy Belgrade has received reports that one or more U.S. adoption agencies may be giving prospective adoptive parents misleading information about the process of adoption in Serbia. Serbia places a priority on domestic adoption. The only children who are generally available for intercountry adoption are children with special needs. There are no adoption …