Kazakhstan May 10, 2012 Adoption Notice: Adoptions from Kazakhstan to Begin With Approval of U.S. ASPs The Ministry of Education and Science, the Central Authority of Kazakhstan, has confirmed approval of two U.S. accredited adoption service providers (ASPs) to process Hague Convention adoptions from Kazakhstan to the United States. The ASPs are: Little Miracles and Across the World Adoptions. …
Category: DOS Alerts/Notices
DOS Adoption Notice Ethiopia: Summary of Adoption Service Provider Meeting with the U.S. Embassy
Ethiopia May 10, 2012Notice: Summary of Adoption Service Provider Meeting with the U.S. Embassy In response to several requests for written summaries of the adoption service provider meetings held by the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, the Office of Children’s Issues posts this notice to provide interested parties with information discussed at the most recent meeting on April 18, 2012. …
DOS Adoption Alert – Haiti: Temporary Suspension of New Adoption Cases
Haiti May 4, 2012 Alert: Temporary Suspension of New Adoption Cases Haiti’s adoption authority, l’Institut du Bien Être Social et de Recherches (IBESR), informed U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince that it will suspend processing of new adoption cases effective May 7, 2012. IBESR indicated that the suspension will enable it to expedite processing on its backlog of pending cases and begin internal …
DOS Adoption Alert: Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone April 30, 2012 Alert: Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone On April 13, 2012, the Government of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs lifted the suspension on intercountry adoptions that it enacted on May 21, 2009. Official information states at this time that any new intercountry adoptions will take place under the …
DOS Adoption Notice Romania: New Adoption Law in Effect
Romania April 10, 2012Notice: Romania New Adoption Law in Effect The Romanian Office for Adoptions announced that its new adoption law went into effect on April 7, 2012. The new law allows for intercountry adoptions of Romanian children by relatives of the fourth degree of kinship, the spouse of the child’s natural parent, and Romanian citizens who are habitually resident …
DOS Adoption Notice Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Approval of New Hague Convention Adoption Process
Kazakhstan April 5, 2012Kazakhstan Approval of New Hague Convention Adoption Process The Ministry of Education and Science, the Central Authority of Kazakhstan, has confirmed that the governmental decree approving its new policies to process intercountry adoptions and accredit adoption agencies in Kazakhstan goes into effect on Thursday, April 5, 2012. The Government of Kazakhstan will begin accepting applications for accreditation …
DOS Adoption Alert: Government of Laos Announces Suspension of Intercountry Adoption
Laos March 30, 2012Alert: Government of Laos Announces Suspension of Intercountry Adoption The Office of the Government of Laos announced on February 20, 2012, that the authorization to allow foreigners to adopt Lao children is suspended until appropriate regulations and procedures are established on intercountry adoption. Updated information will be provided as it becomes available on adoption.state.gov. http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=alerts&alert_notice_file=laos_1 Ethics, Transparency, …
DOS Adoption Notice: Suspension of all Intercountry Adoptions in Bhutan
Bhutan March 23, 2012Alert: Notice on Suspension of all Intercountry Adoptions in Bhutan Effective January 1, 2012, the Government of Bhutan temporarily suspended all intercountry adoptions pending approval of a new adoption law by the King. The adoption bill was drafted to clarify Bhutan’s adoption procedures. The National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC), the Bhutanese government agency responsible for …
DOS Adoption Notice: Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia
Notice: Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia The Office of Children’s Issues wishes to provide a further update for U.S. citizens interested in intercountry adoptions with Cambodia. The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recently announced to all embassies with diplomatic and consular missions in Cambodia that the Cambodian government has decided to delay the date that …
DOS Adoption Notice India: Notice: CARA Lifts Temporary Suspension of Acceptance of New Dossiers
India March 7, 2012Notice: CARA Lifts Temporary Suspension of Acceptance of New Dossiers This is an update to our notice dated October 5, 2011 announcing a temporary suspension on the acceptance of new intercountry adoption cases in India. CARA has informed the U.S. Central Authority that effective January 20, 2012, it will begin accepting new adoption applications under its new …