The Australian Central Authority under the Hague has published the following information on its intercountry adoption web pages. Please note that despite the fact that the Australian government states this information was made available to all Central Authorities in September 2012, the US DOS has not published any updated information concerning the Philippine program since the winter of 2011. For …
Category: Philippines
Philippines Program – New Requirements Reported by Australian Central Authority
According to an August 2012 statement by the Australian Central Authority, the Philippine Central Authority, ICAB, has announced the following changes in the adoption process effective August 1, 2012: Philippines Program – New Requirements – August 2012 Key Points:The Intercountry Adoption Board of the Philippines (ICAB) has introduced new requirements of interest to prospective adoptive parents (PAPs). The requirements are …
DOS Adoption Notice: Philippines
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues ICAB Announces Temporary Moratorium January 31, 2011 The Philippine Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB) has announced a moratorium on accepting new applications from Adoption Service Providers (ASPs) who submitted more than 10 adoption cases per year for the last three years. This moratorium is designed to allow ICAB to …
Republic of Philippines IAC issues Temporary Moratorium
On December 13, 2010, the Inter-country Adoption Board of the Republic of the Philippines issued a resolution approving a temporary suspension in accepting additional applications from foreign adoption agencies. The purpose of the suspension is to regulate the number of applications in order to reduce the backlog of applications. The moratorium applies to adoption agencies that have sent in ten …
UPDATE: Philippines – Moratorium on International Adoption of Children Under age 2.
The following notice was published by the The Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB), the Central Authority for the Philippines on April 23, 2009. Currently, there is no information concerning this notice on the US DOS Adoption Webpages – www.adoption.state.gov. PEAR was made aware of a possible moratorium by US prospective adoptive parents currently seeking to adopt from the Philippines. Our research …