Vietnam U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues August 19, 2008 Documentation related to intercountry adoption of children born at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City is unreliable, according to recent field investigations by U.S. officials. Specifically, U.S. officials conducting verification reviews see a pattern of false information in documentation pertaining to the birth mothers …
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UPDATE: Call to Action Vietnam – USCIS Warning
UPDATE: Call to Action Vietnam On Friday, April 25, 2008, the US Embassy in Hanoi took the unprecedented step of releasing a detailed “Summary of Irregularities in Adoptions in Vietnam” about the adoption corruption their recent investigations uncovered in Vietnam. The text of this summary can be found at: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/irreg_adoptions042508.html This summary followed an earlier warning not initiate adoptions from …
UPDATE: Call to Action Vietnam – USCIS Warning
The US Embassy in Hanoi has issued the following warning for adoption from Vietnam: ADOPTED CHILDREN IMMIGRANT VISA UNIT Warning Concerning Adoptions in Vietnam April 2008The Department of State continues to urge prospective adoptive parents and adoption service providers not to initiate new adoptions from Vietnam at this time. The 2005 Memorandum of Agreement, required by Vietnamese law to authorize …
Government Resources for Hague Information
The US Department of State has put together a lot of information for families, and the general public, on the Hague Convention and Adoption. If you have questions and concerns about the implementation of the Hague, please see: Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. Of special interest for families is the pdf download entitled: Information for Parents http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_462.html and,Intercountry Adoption News …
April First and the Hague Convention
Today I received the following announcement from the US Department of State: Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention Enters into Force From the US Department of State: On April 1, 2008, the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Convention) enters into force for the United States. As of this date, the provisions of the …
Kazakhstan Adoptions Update
Yesterday the JCICS released this statement on Kazakhstan: “Joint Council confirms the suspension of dossier processing by the Kazakhstan Embassy and Consulates pending the finalization of a review of adoption cases by the Kazakhstan government. The following represents our understanding of the suspension. *The suspension of dossier processing by the Kazakhstan Embassy/Consulate is effective immediately.*Dossiers which have been processed and …
The Un-Angry Adoptee and Adoption Guilt
~ By Barbara J McArtney I was relinquished at birth to a local agency and adopted at 6 weeks of age. I was told by my Parents that my birth Parents “gave me up” because they were unmarried college students. My Parents adopted following the death of their second born son and simultaneous loss of my Mother’s fertility. I am …
Hague Convention Countries
PEAR has been receiving requests from PAPs, APs and the general public as to which countries are “Convention” countries under the new US regulations. According to the DOS website, “[a] Convention country means a country that is a party to the Hague Adoption Convention and with which the Convention is in force with respect to the United States. DOS will …
Clarification on Accredited and Approved Entities List
Many prospective adoptive parents have expressed concerns over the DOS list of Hague Accredited and Approved Entities that was published on Friday, February 29, 2008. The published list is substantially shorter than the list of agencies that applied for accreditation. According to the DOS, the accrediting agencies, COA and Colorado, will continue to review applications on a daily and weekly …
US Hague Accreditations Announced by DOS
The US Department of State published the list of agencies and persons approved to perform Hague convention adoptions last evening. The list of agencies with accreditation or temporary accreditation to perform adoptions in Hague Convention countries can be found at: http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_4169.html Agencies that did not meet the original deadline for application are currently being considered and the list will be …