Adoptions
March, 2009
USCIS Lists Foreign Countries and Geographic Entities Having No Available Child Abuse Registries
03/25/2009
February, 2009
USCIS to Adjudicate Petitions Filed Within the Russian Federation to Classify Orphans as Immediate Relatives
02/24/2009
FAQ: USCIS To Adjudicate Petitions Filed Within the Russian Federation to Classify Orphans as Immediate Relatives
02/24/2009
USCIS Announces The Status of Cambodian Adoptions
02/11/2009
November, 2008
USCIS Provides Processing Update on Hague Adoptions During National Adoption Awareness Month
11/19/2008
October, 2008
Frequently Asked Questions: Adoptions from Vietnam to the United States Will Not Resume Without A New Bilateral Agreement
10/16/2008
Adoptions from Vietnam to the United States Will Not Resume Without a New Bilateral Agreement
Action Taken to Establish Safeguards that Protect Children and Families
10/16/2008
Frequently Asked Questions: Grandfathered Form I-600A Processing for Prospective Adoptive Parents
10/14/2008
USCIS Announces Adoption Policy for Hague Transition Cases
Grandfathered Form I-600A Affected
10/14/2008
September, 2008
Frequently Asked Questions: Intercountry Adoptions
09/29/2008
August, 2008
Direct Mail Program Adds Forms I-800 and I-800A
08/26/2008
May, 2008
Update: USCIS Implements Required DNA Testing for Vietnamese Adoptions
Vietnamese law authorizing adoptions between U.S. and Vietnam to expire on September 1, 2008
05/29/2008
Q and A: USCIS Implements Required DNA Testing for Vietnamese Adoptions
05/29/2008
April, 2008
USCIS Announces Changes to Guatemala Adoptions
04/01/2008
March, 2008
Questions and Answers: Intercountry Adoption Instructions
Post-Hague Adoption Convention Implementation
03/31/2008
Comment Period Reopened for Adoption-Related Rule
Rule Addresses Certain Intercountry Adoptions Under the Hague Convention
03/25/2008
February, 2008
USCIS Strengthens Intercountry Adoption Process
Rollout of New Forms and Centralized Review Under Hague Adoption Convention
02/29/2008
Fact Sheet: Hague Adoption Convention
New Forms and Centralized Review for Intercountry Adoptions
02/29/2008
January, 2008
USCIS Announces New Guatemalan Adoption Legislation (28KB PDF)
01/25/2008
October, 2007
USCIS Announces Changes to Vietnam Adoptions (41KB PDF)
10/25/2007
USCIS Announces Revised Guatemalan Adoption Processing Procedures (43KB PDF)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will, effective October 15, 2007, place a ceiling on the number of initial orphan petition submissions in Guatemala.
10/11/2007
Questions and Answers: USCIS Issues Interim Rule Establishing New Procedures for Adopted Children Under the Hague Convention (59KB PDF)
10/04/2007
USCIS Issues Interim Rule Establishing New Procedures for Adopted Children Under the Hague Convention (93KB PDF)
10/04/2007
August, 2007
Frequently Asked Questions: USCIS Implements Changes to Assist Prospective Adoptive Parents (30KB PDF)
08/06/2007
USCIS Highlights Change to Guatemalan Intercountry Adoptions (49KB PDF)
08/06/2007
USCIS Implements Changes to Assist Prospective Adoptive Parents (30KB PDF)
08/06/2007
July, 2007
Questions and Answers: USCIS Releases SIMS Pilot Program for Inter-Country Adoption Applications (39KB PDF)
07/16/2007
USCIS Launches Transformation Pilot (31KB PDF)
Inter-country Adoptions to be First Test Caseload
07/16/2007
May, 2007
USCIS Updates Guatemala Adoption Processing Times (27KB PDF)
05/17/2007
March, 2007
USCIS "Guatemala Adoptions" E-Mail Down (25KB PDF)
03/09/2007
Status of Adoptions from Guatemala (29KB PDF)
03/09/2007
February, 2007
Public Notice: USCIS Reminds Prospective Adoptive Parents of New Chinese Government Requirements (31KB PDF)
02/13/2007
November, 2004
USCIS Honored During National Adoption Awareness Month (155KB PDF)
11/19/2004
November, 2003
The Departments of Homeland Security and State Honor National Adoption Month By Continuosly Improving International Adoption Proceedings (90KB PDF)
11/17/2003
August, 2003
DHS Assists Prospective Adoptive Parents Facing SARS-Related Delays (12KB PDF)
08/07/2003
September, 2002
Cambodia Adoption Review To Expand (21KB PDF)
09/11/2002
April, 2002
Allegations Regarding Cambodian Orphans (Revised 4/23/02) (37KB PDF)
04/23/2002
February, 2002
Q's and A's For Adoption Processing in Cambodia (41KB PDF)
02/07/2002
January, 2002
Review of Orphan Petition Processing In Vietnam (33KB PDF)
01/23/2002
December, 2001
INS Announces Suspension of Cambodian Adoptions and Offer of Parole in Certain Pending Cases (29KB PDF)
12/21/2001
January, 2001
The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (31KB PDF)
01/22/2001
May, 2000
INS Holds International Children's Adoption Conference (18KB PDF)
05/12/2000
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