Adoption AlertU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ February 8, 2011 On December 9, 2010, the Government of Ethiopia revoked the Better Futures Adoption Services’ registration to operate in Ethiopia because of the organization’s misuse of its license in activities concerning the welfare of children. The U.S. Embassy strongly recommends that prospective adoptive parents who have …
Month: February 2011
Nobody’s child (The Himalayan Times)
Nobody’s child (The Himalayan Times) Prakriti Pathak January 30, 2011 The international adoption trade is a booming multibillion-dollar industry, as families in the west increasingly adopt more babies from developing countries. Nepal, it seems does not want to miss out on this global opportunity. In 2007, Nepal adoption alter it faced pressure and severe criticism from national and international media …
DOS Adoption Notice: Guatemala
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues February 3, 2011 Office of Children’s Issues Trip to Guatemala, December 2010 The Department’s Special Advisor for Children’s Issues, Ambassador Susan Jacobs, and the Chief of the Adoptions Unit of the Office of Children’s Issues, Alison Dilworth, travelled to Guatemala from December 6 – 11, 2010 to discuss …
DOS: Changes that Require an Amended Home Study Report
Changes that Require an Amended Home Study Report February 3, 2011 We know that many of you have been waiting for months to reach resolution in your adoption cases. We want to remind you of a critical component to establishing eligibility for an immigrant visa on behalf of an adopted child. While expiration of the Form I-600A approval will have …
DOS 2010 Annual Report on Intercountry Adoptions
Text and statistical report now available on the DOS adoption website:http://adoption.state.gov/ Scroll to “Our Publications” in right hand column and click on “Fiscal Year 2010 Annual Report”. Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform www.pear-now.org
New regulatory panel in place (The Himalayan Times)
New regulatory panel in place The Himalayan Times 2011-02-01 KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) formed a nine-member inter-country adoption committee with the objective of regulating adoptions by foreigners. Sher Jung Karki, under secretary at the ministry said the committee’s job was to make the adoption process transparent and to handle it through an autonomous semi-government …
Foreign agencies licensed for adoption (MOWCSW)
Foreign agencies licensed for adoption (MOWCSW): A B C D 1 Foreign Organizations / Agencies enlisted for the year 2009 and 2010 2 SN Adoption Agency Address Country 3 1 Faith International Adoptions 535 East Dock Street, Suite 103, Tacoma, WA, 98402, USA USA 4 2 Holt International Children’s Services 1195 City View Eugene, OR 97402(541) 687-2202 USA 5 3 …
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 …
DOS Adoption Notice: Haiti
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues IBESR Accepting New Adoption Cases January 31, 2011 Haiti’s adoption authority, the Institut du Bien-être Social et de Recherches(IBESR), has informed the U.S. Government that they are accepting new adoption applications for Haitian children who are either documented as orphans or who have been relinquished by their birth …