Vietnam June 2011 Notice: Adoption Notice Vietnam Intercountry adoption is not possible from Vietnam at this time. Adoption service providers and prospective adoptive parents should not seek or accept new (or potential) adoption referrals from Vietnam until an announcement is posted that the United States Citizenship and Information Service (USCIS) is again processing new I-600 or I-800 petitions for intercountry …
Category: Vietnam
USE Hanoi Press Release: U.S. Supports UNICEF Child Adoption Program in Vietnam
U.S. Supports UNICEF Child Adoption Program in Vietnam HANOI, April 25, 2011 – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is contributing to a new United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) program to help officials create regulations meeting international standards covering child adoption in Vietnam. Developed in close cooperation with Vietnam’s Ministry of Justice and other relevant authorities, the “Strengthening …
MEDIA: VN signs Hague deal on adoption
VN signs Hague deal on adoption HA NOI — Viet Nam has signed the Hague Conven-tion on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention). This is the first convention of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HccH) to be signed by Viet Nam. Viet Nam’s Ambassador to the Netherlands Huynh Minh Chinh …
Adoption Agency-Vietnam Province Reference for 2006-2008
PEAR has pulled data from many sources to produce Adoption Agency-Vietnam Province Cross Reference lists for the 2006-2008 period. You may find this reference material useful while reading the EJ Graff’s latest article “Anatomy of an Adoption Crisis“ or when reviewing the Ten disturbing adoption cases from Vietnam, By Province: References to Adoption Problems, Startling Quotes or other FOIA documents …
MEDIA: Foreign Policy publishes Article by EJ Graff on Vietnam
A very important article was published today on Foreign Policy. This subject matter of this article and the manner in which it was handled by US and VN officials, as well as adoption agencies and organizations like the JCICS, addresses the need for federal legislation and oversight of adoption agencies assisting with intercountry adoptions. Until Congress is willing to take …
Vietnam Update: Schuster Institute Publishes U.S. government documents obtained via Freedom of Information Act
Vietnam adoption fraud specifics are exposed in documents obtained by the Schuster Institute through the Freedom of Information Act. For full access to the report and supporting resources, please visit the Schuster Institute Adoption website at: http://www.brandeis.edu/investigate/gender/adoption/FOIAs.html For those interested in information on which agencies were licensed in which provinces of Vietnam, the following is the list that was officially …
DOS: Vietnam Adoption Notice
VietnamAdoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues July 28, 2010 Intercountry adoption is not possible from Vietnam at this time. Adoption service providers and prospective adoptive parents should not seek or accept new (or potential) adoption referrals from Vietnam until an announcement is posted that the United States Citizenship and Information Service (USCIS) is again …
PEAR’s Response to “The Baby Business”
The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism asked a number of experts, practitioners, and advocates in international adoption to respond to “The Baby Business,” Democracy Journal, Summer 2010 by E. J. Graff. You may read all the responses . This is PEAR’s response: It is an unfortunate truth that international adoption is plagued by corruption. We appreciate E.J. Graff’s coverage of …
Sierra Leone: Adoptive Mother Speaks Out
This posting was on the Yahoo group Global_Adoption_Triad, and PEAR has been given permission by the author, Judi Mosley, to post it here. Members of PEAR’s board have known Judi for many years and consider her one of our major inspirations. Her daughter Camryn, adopted from Cambodia, was trafficked by Lauryn Galindo, and Camryn’s victim statement can be found here: …
CIVIL SUITS: Little Pearls/Vietnam
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/03/24/25836.htm Seven Claim Adoption Agency Rolled Them By MARIMER MATOS TAMPA (CN) – Couples trying to adopt children from Vietnam say the Little Pearls Adoptions Agency took $133,000 to “hold” children for them, then informed them it had a “license issue,” and refuses to return the money. In the federal RICO complaint, the seven plaintiffs sued Debbie Fischer and Richard …