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USCIS, Nov. 19, 2021 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing a volume in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding adoptions. This guidance incorporates basic requirements for the submission of adoption-based applications and petitions...

National Council for Adoption v. Blinken "Members of the National Council For Adoption help prospective parents adopt children. In 2018, the Department of State issued guidance barring adoption agencies from referring certain children to certain...

Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 225 / Friday, November 20, 2020 "The Department of State (the Department) is proposing revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations to amend requirements for accreditation and authorization by the United States to...

The Supreme Court of Mississippi, in a divided decision, reversed a similarly divided decision by the state's Court of Appeals, and held that where a father's parental rights had been terminated through a properly administered adoption proceeding...

DOS, Jan. 14, 2020 "The Department has received a number of inquiries from adoption service providers (ASPs) to clarify whether non-U.S. citizen prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) living in the United States need an accredited or approved ASP...

Garance Burke, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press, Oct. 9, 2018 - "Federal officials insist they are reuniting families and will continue to do so. But an Associated Press investigation drawing on hundreds of court documents, immigration records and...

This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/08/2016 - "The Department of State (the Department) proposes to amend requirements for accreditation of agencies and approval of persons to provide adoption services in intercountry...

In a case of "you have got to be kidding me" a Florida man adopts his girlfriend (in her mid-40's) as part of an "oh no - I should have done this sooner" dubious asset protection plan. Steven A. Loeb, Esq . points out that there...

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services sent this bulletin at 10/16/2012 10:22 AM EDT Dear Stakeholder, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (State) invite interested parties to participate in...

"Jhan Jensen’s fingers barely graze the screen of the iPad. It’s the closest he can get to his 14-month-old daughter. For more than 11 months, these once-a-week video conferences are sources of joy and pain. She has taken her first steps...

"Four current and former employees of International Adoption Guides Inc. (IAG), an adoption services provider, have been indicted by a grand jury in South Carolina for allegedly conspiring to defraud the United States in connection with IAG’s...

"Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”), there are three ways that adopted children can qualify as the children of a U.S. citizen parent for purposes of acquiring lawful permanent resident status, and generally derivative U...

"To understand why the Liebers are in this predicament, you have to go back to Adam’s birth. His mother said she adopted him when he was just 11-months-old. Her father made the arrangements, adopting Adam from the Phillipines. Adam Lieber...

Stephen Magagnini, Sacramento Bee, May 14, 2017 - "Many of Helaman Hansen’s hundreds of victims first heard about his citizenship-through-adoption scheme in their neighborhood churches. The 64-year-old Elk Grove businessman or his surrogates...

"This rule amends the Department of State’s regulations relating to adoptions in countries party to The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, to include new adoption provisions...