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Update on Intercountry Adoptions in Guatemala
Joint USCIS-State Delegation to Guatemala During the week of May 13, 2013, Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs traveled with USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas to Guatemala for meetings with Guatemalan government officials of agencies directly involved in adoptions, including the Procuraduría General de la Nación (PGN) and the Guatemalan National Council on Adoption (CNA). They also met with members of the Supreme …
DOS Adoption Notice: Update on Intercountry Adoptions in Guatemala
Guatemala December 11, 2012 Notice: Update on Intercountry Adoptions in Guatemala The following is an update on issues and developments in Guatemalan adoptions. We also take this opportunity to remind adopting parents and others that the U.S. government is not a party to these pending adoption cases and cannot represent the interests of parties in private legal matters. Thus, …
Ambassador Jacobs Travels to Guatemala with Sen. Mary Landrieu
Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Travels to Guatemala Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJuly 2, 2012 Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs is visiting Guatemala from July 1-3 as part of a Congressional Delegation led by Senator Mary Landrieu. The delegation, which includes officials from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is meeting with Guatemalan officials …
DOS Adoption Notice – Guatemala Update
May 14, 2012 Notice: Guatemala Update This Adoption Notice is a follow up to the Notice of December 12, 2011. Universal List In March 2012, after months of meetings to gather information, U.S. officials presented a list of known pending cases to Guatemalan officials. This list is a compellation of USCIS records of all properly grandfathered Form I-600A applications …
Book Review: Finding Fernanda
by David Kruchkow Board Member of Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform Where can I start a review of Erin Siegal’s Finding Fernanda? I know Erin Siegal as an online friend and someone who came to me for advice on this book. Why me? Perhaps it is because I made my story public more than a dozen years ago as one …
DOS Adoption Notice: Guatemala: CNA Processing Framework for U.S. Cases Under Its Authority
Notice: CNA Processing Framework for U.S. Cases Under Its Authority On Friday August 19, 2011, the Guatemalan Central Adoption Authority (CNA) published in the Guatemalan government’s official register a new processing framework for the limited group of pending U.S. adoption cases that are under CNA processing authority. The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) …
DOS Adoption Notice: Guatemala
June 14, 2011 Notice: Guatemala listserv update June 13, 2011 Letter of understanding delivered The Office of Children’s Issues announces that it has delivered a letter of understanding to the CNA that confirms the U.S. Government’s role in the CNA’s proposed framework for processing its transition cases to conclusion. We await the CNA’s response and will provide updates as they …
RESOURCE: Video of “Stolen Children: Illegal Practices in International Adoption and the Need for Reform”
Erin Siegal of Finding Fernanda, has posted a link to the video from the “Stolen Children: Illegal Practices in International Adoption and the Need for Reform” conference at American University’s Washington College of Law. http://findingfernanda.com/2011/06/video-from-stolen-children-conference/ Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org
DOS Adoption Notice: Guatemala Updates
June 2, 2011 Notice: Guatemala June 2011 Listserv Update Office of Children’s Issues Meeting with the Consejo Nacional de Adopciones in Washington, DC on April 14, 2011 On April 14, 2011, the Office of Children’s Issues (CI) met with: Elizabeth de Larios, President of the Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA); Marilys Barrientos de Estrada, and Fernando de la Cerda of …