PEAR has been closely following the story of Justin Hansen, also known as Artyom Savelyev, and the reactions of groups both supportive and opposed to international adoption. Our hearts go out to Justin/Artyom and to all traumatized children. And, while PEAR does not condone the choice made by his mother and grandmother, many of us, as parents of traumatized children …
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DOS Adoption Notice for Russia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 16, 2010 The Department of State has received no information to confirm a suspension of adoptions from Russia to the United States. Our Embassy in Moscow and other Department of State officials are talking with Russian officials to clarify this issue. The Department of State is sending a high-level …
DOS Adoption Notice – Uganda
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Status of Adoptions from UgandaApril 15, 2010 United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) regulations in 8 CFR 204.3(d) require that, in order for Petition to Classify an Orphan as an Immediate Relative (Form I-600) filed by prospective adoptive parent(s) to be approved, the prospective adoptive parent(s) must provide proof …
DOS Adoption Alert – Mexico
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 15, 2010 The Department of State has issued a new Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico of concerns about the security situation in Mexican border regions as well as other areas in Mexico. Adoptive parents, and all travelers to Mexico, should read …
MEDIA: CARA Asks Preet Mandir to Close
Put up for adoption, but future uncertain Nisha Nambiar Posted: Friday , Apr 09, 2010 at 0313 hrs, Pune CARA asks Preet Mandir to discontinue inter-country adoption; agency puts forth petitions of 25 children As many as 25 children put up for inter-country adoption in the past two months by city-based adoption centre Preet Mandir are facing an uncertain future. …
DOS Adoption Notice – Ethiopia
EthiopiaU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Adoption Processing at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa April 13, 2010 The Federal First Instance Court of Ethiopia has announced that as of May 9, 2010, adoptive parents must appear at the federal court hearing for their adoptive child in order for the adoption to be approved. This new …
MEDIA: Baby dearth snags adoption (Kantipur)
Baby dearth snags adoption (Kantipur): http://www.ekantipu r.com/2010/ 04/12/national/ baby-dearth- snags-adoption/ 312193/ KATHMANDU, APR 12 – Despite government measures to make inter-country adoption foolproof and hassle-free, the prospective adoptive parents are unlikely to get the children of their choice if the present situation persists. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is facing shortage of children who are eligible …
MEDIA: Russia Places Ireland on Blacklist for Adoptions
On the importance of submitting your post placement reports… http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2010/0410/1224268058465.htmlRussia puts Ireland on its blacklist for adoptions SEVERAL HUNDRED Irish couples attempting to adopt children in Russiacould be blocked from completing the process following Moscow’s decision to put the Republic on a new “adoption blacklist”. This week, Russian authorities stopped accepting adoption referrals from Irish applicants and the embassy in …
Russian Ministry of Education and Science releases new list of homestudy agencies with missing postplacement reports
If you have not submitted your postplacement report, please do so as it does have an effect on prospective adoptive parents. On April 5, 2010, a new list was released. It may affect a pending adoption even if you are working with an agency with a Russian permit but your homestudy agency is listed. If your Homestudy provider is listed …
MEDIA: Russian adoptee returned back to Russia alone on a plane
PEAR is providing a summary of what is known at the time of this posting. Scroll to bottom for updates On April, 8, 2010, Russian media outlets broke the story of the return of a seven year old Russian male adoptee to Russia last week.(see articles http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-04-08/adopted-russian-child-returns.html http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/08/6183041.html and http://gazeta.ru/social/2010/04/08/3349271.shtml and Youtube interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRsjyWtUxXA&feature=youtube_gdata The child was adopted by …