The US DOS has released a series of emails directed to prospective parents, adoption service providers and interested stakeholder NGOs. PEAR has decided to post the communications on our blog for the benefit of prospective parents who did not register with DOS, families in independent process, and organizations and individuals following adoptions from Nepal and/or assisting families adopting from Nepal. …
Category: Nepal
MEDIA: Adoption Suspension Leaves Children in Limbo
Adoption Suspension Leaves Children in LimboBy Bhuwan Sharma Excerpt:“KATHMANDU, Sep 10, 2010 (IPS) – A big question marks looms over the future of many Nepali children in various child homes in the country in the wake of the suspension by 11 countries of their child adoption programmes for this Himalayan nation. “Children will now have to remain in grim orphanages …
DOS: Nepal Orphan Processing Procedures
USDOS:New Orphan Processing Procedures for Cases not Subject to the Suspension in NepalAugust 30, 2010 Summary:In an effort to protect the interests of U.S. prospective adoptive parents who are adopting from Nepal, the U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu is implementing new procedures to ensure that the adoptive child will be eligible to immigrate to the United States BEFORE the prospective adoptive …
USCIS: File I-600 in Kathmandu before travel
USCIS Announces Change to Filing Location for Nepali Adoption PetitionsUpdate WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that any U.S. citizen seeking to adopt a Nepali child, whose case is not affected by the suspension of processing of adoption cases involving Nepali children claimed to have been found abandoned, should file the Form I 600, Petition to …
PEAR Response to Suspension of Adoptions in Nepal
PEAR Response to the August 6, 2010 Suspension of Adoptions from Nepal to the US On August 6th, PEAR participated in the conference call held by the USDOS and USCIS in which they jointly announced their decision to suspend processing cases of anonymously abandoned children in Nepal. PEAR is saddened by the necessity of a suspension in Nepal. We believe …
USDOS Adoption Alert: Nepal and Pipeline Cases
August 13, 2010Important Information Regarding Adoptions From Nepal http://adoption.state.gov/news/nepalalerts.htmlThe Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have decided to suspend processing of new adoption cases from Nepal that involve children who are claimed to have been found abandoned, because documents presented in support of the abandonment of these children in Nepal have been found to be unreliable …
USCIS/DOS Joint Statement: U.S. Suspends Processing New Nepal Adoption Cases Based on Abandonment
U.S. Suspends Processing New Nepal Adoption Cases Based on Abandonment WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State today issued a joint statement on the decision to suspend processing for new adoption cases based on abandonment in Nepal. Joint Statement In order to protect the rights and interests of certain Nepali children and their families, …
USCIS/DOS Joint Statement: U.S. Suspends Processing New Nepal Adoption Cases Based on Abandonment
U.S. Suspends Processing New Nepal Adoption Cases Based on Abandonment WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State today issued a joint statement on the decision to suspend processing for new adoption cases based on abandonment in Nepal. Joint Statement In order to protect the rights and interests of certain Nepali children and their families, …
2010 Special Commission of the Hague Releases its Conclusions and Recommendations
The Special Commission on the practical operation of the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 (on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption) met June 17 – 25 at Carnegieplein, The Hague to “review the practical operation of the 1993 Convention and to achieve consensus on the main elements of a Guide to Good Practice on Accreditation …
UPDATE to DOS Request for Contact Information, Nepal Adoptions
On Tuesday, July 20 PEAR published the following notice with permission of the DOS: http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2010/07/dos-requests-contact-information-for.htmlMs. Ruth Lincoln of the DOS Office of Children’s Issues has requested that all further contacts from adopting families be sent directly to her via the following email address:LincolnRA@state.gov Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org