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USCIS Strengthens Intercountry Adoption Process

News release: “Children, birthparents and prospective adoptive parent(s) will have greater protections under the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention), effective April 1, 2008. New safeguards administered by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) under the Hague include the creation of new forms and improved, centralized examination processes for intercountry adoption applications and petitions under the Hague Adoption Convention.”
Related links:

  • Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption
  • Form I-800, Petition to Classify a Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative
  • Form I-800A, Application for Determination of Suitability to Adopt a Child from a Convention Country
  • Fact Sheet: Hague Adoption Convention – New Forms and Centralized Review for Intercountry Adoptions
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