1 / 8

Center for Adoption Policy March 4, 2011

Center for Adoption Policy March 4, 2011 John “Wally” Bird Deputy Chief, International Operations Division Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate US Citizenship and Immigration Services US Department of Homeland Security.

syshe
Download Presentation

Center for Adoption Policy March 4, 2011

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Center for Adoption Policy March 4, 2011 John “Wally” BirdDeputy Chief, International Operations DivisionRefugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate US Citizenship and Immigration Services US Department of Homeland Security

  2. Prior to the suspension of the bi-lateral agreement on Sept 1, 2008, there were several factors that caused difficulty in the adjudication of Form I-600 petitions in Vietnam: Inability of USG to Perform the Necessary Investigation Irregularities Reported to GVN with No Action Verification of Identify of Birth Parents (DNA) Case Specific Problems: Misleading birth parents Birth parent paid Falsified Disappearances Inability to Pay Hospital Bills Abandoned at Orphanage Children Returned to Birth Parent(s) Vietnam

  3. USCIS Role in Guatemalan adoptions Current numbers from USCIS Guatemala City Grandfathered cases Guatemala

  4. Background on August 2010 suspension and new filing procedures Main concerns USCIS role Current numbers from USCIS New Delhi Nepal

  5. USCIS participation in January 2011 site visit to the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa Site visit observations Examples of irregularities found in the documentation of cases that generate serious concern Increased USCIS role in Ethiopian adoptions Ethiopia

  6. Department of State’s Adoption Website:www.adoption.state.gov Country specific information Role as the US Central Authority for the Hague Adoption Convention Statistics Useful Resources

  7. USCIS’ Adoption Website: www.uscis.gov Adoption webpages include: Before You Start Before Your Child Immigrates to the US Immigration through Adoption (Orphan, Hague & Form I-130 processing) Limited Country Information Background Checks Home Study Information After Approval Useful Resources

More Related