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 …
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Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Travels to Guatemala
Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs will visit Guatemala from May 16-18 to discuss international children’s issues. Ambassador Jacobs will join Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to meet with government officials and nongovernmental adoption stakeholders. They will continue their discussions from the October 2012 meetings regarding resolution of pending adoption cases. Ambassador Jacobs will …
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 …
DOS Adoption Notice: Guatemala Processing Plan for CNA cases
December 12, 2011 Notice: Processing Plan for CNA cases This Adoption Notice is a follow up to the Notice of September 27, 2011. The Government of Guatemala’s Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA) has agreed to a process for certain adoption applications pending under the CNA’s processing authority. The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will …
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 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 …
CICIG’S Report on Players Involved in the Illegal Adoption Process in Guatemala since the Entry into Force of the Adoption Law
CICIG Report on on Players Involved in the Illegal Adoption Process in Guatemala since the Entry into Force of the Adoption Law is now available in English.http://cicig.org/index.php?page=reports EXCERPT FROM CICIG’S REPORT ON GUATEMALA ADOPTIONS: Latin America is one of the most unequal regions in the world, with one of the highest rates of violence, which affects mainly women and children. …
DOS Teleconference on Guatemala Adoption
The following notice was published at the DOS website:http://adoption.state.gov/about_us/guatemala_teleconference.php Teleconference on Guatemala Adoptions Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am (EDT) The U.S. Department of State Office of Children’s Issues Adoptions Division would like to invite prospective adoptive parents, adoption service providers, and adoption stakeholders with an interest in Guatemala adoptions to a teleconference with the Office …