U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal http://adoption.state.gov/news/nepal.html# April 9, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly …
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UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal April 9, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages …
UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Ghana
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Change in Processing Timeline for Adoption Cases in Ghana April 7, 2010 The U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana wishes to advise adoptive parents of procedural changes that may increase the processing time for some adoption cases. Adoptive parents should be aware that an I-604 (Determination on Child for …
UPDATE: USCIS Announces It will Be Ending the Special Program for Humanitarian Parole for Haitian Orphans
Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian OrphanFinal Opportunity to Request Consideration Introduction U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will stop accepting new requests for parole under the Special Humanitarian Parole Program for Haitian Orphans effective April 13, 2010, because the Haitian government has requested that the United States bring the program to a close. While USCIS believes that the vast …
UPDATE: Licenses Revoked from Nine Orphanages in Ehtiopia
PEAR has received an unconfirmed list of the orphanages involved in the recent revocation of licenses in Ethiopia (see: http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2010/03/media-ethiopia-revokes-licences-of-nine.html). We have been attempting to confirm the list with the Ethiopian government and the US government over the past two weeks. In reply to our request for confirmation, the US Embassy in Addis Ababa recommended that we seek confirmation through …
UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Liberia
Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 7,2010 The U.S. Embassy in Monrovia has been informed by the Government of Liberia that it will issue exit clearances, on a case-by-case basis, to children whose full and final adoption had been completed prior to January 26, 2009 and approved by Liberia’s Ad-hoc Central Adoption Authority. …
UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Thailand
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues April 2010 The Department of Social Development and Welfare (DSDW) has announced that it will not accept new inter-country adoption requests made directly through DSDW for “healthy” orphans from Thailand for 2010. According to DSDW, there are not many orphans available for intercountry adoption in this category in …
PEAR Ethiopia Adoption Survey Extended to April 16, 2010
PEAR would like to extend our gratitude to the 100+ people who have completed PEAR’s survey to date. This detailed survey is designed for US citizens who have adopted or are adopting from Ethiopia in order to pinpoint specific issues. Parents who have completed the process or those far along will naturally have more data and experience to share in …
UK Order on Adoptions from Nepal
Order currently before Parliament awaiting approval: Statutory Instruments 2010 No. 951Children And Young Persons, England And WalesChildren And Young Persons, Northern Ireland The Special Restrictions on Adoptions from Abroad (Nepal) Order 2010 Made: 24th March 2010 Laid before Parliament: 29th March 2010 Coming into force: 3rd May 2010 The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following …
United Kingdom to suspend adoptions from Nepal (order subject to Parliament’s approval)
United Kingdom to suspend adoptions from Nepal (order subject to Parliament’s approval): http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/em/uksiem_20100951_en.pdf EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TOTHE SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON ADOPTIONS FROM ABROAD(NEPAL) ORDER 2010 2010 No. 951 1. This explanatory memorandum has been prepared by the Department forChildren, Schools and Families (“the Department”) and is laid beforeParliament by Command of Her Majesty. This memorandum contains information for the Joint Committee …