Country Information
Country Specific Information about Adoption
For information on how to proceed with an adoption in a particular country, please click on one of the links below:
NOTICE to Prospective Adoptive Parents wanting to adopt children from countries in which Islamic Shari'a Law is observed.
Select a letter for the country about which you'd like information. Please Note: Flyers that are dated before November 2005 are currently under review.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | WXYZ |
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Gabon
- Georgia
- The Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- CNA Announces Deadline for the Verification Process (8/11/08)
- PGN to Release Previously Approved Adoption Cases (06/17/08)
- New: FAQs on Adoption in Guatemala
- New: Guatemala Fact Sheet
- PGN Visit to Semillas de Amor (Seeds of Love) May 22, 2008
- New PGN Plans to Review All Adoption Cases Currently in PGN
- Warning: Adoptions Initiated in Guatemala on or after April 1, 2008
- Guatemala Update: The Registration Period has ended for Registering In-Process Cases with the National Adoption Council (2/13/2008)
- Urgent Update: Registering In-Process Cases with the National Adoption Council (2/8/08)
- Guatemala: Registering In-Process Cases with the National Adoption Council 1/29/08
- Guatemala Congress Passes Adoption Legislation 12/11/07
- Frequently Asked Questions: Transition Cases and the Hague Adoption Convention 9/26/07
- Frequently Asked Questions: Requirement for a Second DNA Test in Orphan Immigrant Visa Cases 8/09/07
- U.S. Embassy in Guatemala adds second DNA test to adoption procedure 8/02/07
- Guatemala: Status of Intercountry Adoptions and the Hague Convention 6/13/07
- U.S. Law, the Hague Adoption Convention, and Guatemala 5/16/07
- USCIS Updates Guatemalan Adoptions Processing Time 5/17/07
- Frequently Asked Questions for Prospective Adoptive Parents 3/14/07
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Macau SAR
- Macedonia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Additional information on New Adoption Law in Ukraine (7/31/08)
- New Adoption Law in Ukraine (4/28/08)
- Notice: Ukraine Rescinds Adoption Quotas for 2008 (1/14/08)
- Notice on Ukraine Adoption Quotas for 2008, 12/21/07
- Ukraine Annual Adoption Quota for U.S. Reached for 2007, 10/30/07
- Updated procedure for submission of documents 8/14/07
- Possible Delays in Issuance of New Ukrainian Passport 7/25/07
- Notice on Resumption of Acceptance of Dossiers 4/26/07
- Notice on New I-604 Requirements 4/6/07
- Notice on Temporary Suspension on Acceptance of Dossiers 4/5/07
- Public Notice Regarding Number of Dossiers to be Accepted 3/23/07
- Public Notice on Changes in Adoption Requirements for Ukraine 3/23/07
- Public Notice on SDAPRC's Resumption of Acceptance of Adoption Dossiers 2/05/07
- Public Notice on Voluntary Registration of Foreign Organiztions in Ukraine 10/20/06
- Public Notice Re-Registering with SDAPRC 10/20/06
- Public Notice on Ukraine Adoptions, September 5, 2006
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Vietnam Adoption: Update on September 1, 2008 Deadline (9/5/08)
- Vietnam Arrests Related to Intercountry Adoption (8/21/08)
- Update on Tu Du Hospital in Vietnam
- Vietnam Suspends Acceptance of New Adoption Dossiers (7/18/08)
- The Expiration of the current Adoption Agreement with Vietnam (06/20/08)
- Vietnam Adoptions - Fact Sheet
- Summary of Irregularities in Adoptions in Vietnam 4/25/08
- Adoption Warning in Vietnam 4/25/08
- Warning: Adoptions in Vietnam 1/28/08
- Vietnam Intercountry Adoption Concerns 1/28/08
- Announcement Regarding Adoptions in Vietnam, November 2007
- Bilateral U.S. -Vietnamese agreement