Haitian Orphans can be adopted through legal immigration adoption means

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

There are many orphans in Haiti at this time. The U.S. has the procedures under Immigration Law in place to legally adopt the orphans and bring them to the U.S. without undercutting the procedure or making it so things are not on the “up and up”. Immigration Adoptions of Haitians make certain that the parents [...]

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What is Child Citizenship Act of 2000?

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

On October 30, 2000, President Clinton signed into law H.R. 2883, the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. The new law permits foreign-born children—including adopted children —to acquire citizenship automatically if they meet certain requirements. It becomes effective on February 27, 2001. This is citizenship immigration, not naturalization. Which Children Automatically Become Citizens Under the New [...]

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Adjustment granted in Court after 4 years of waiting

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

Adjustment of Status under 245A finally approved (immediate relative: step-father to child). Case has been pending for approximately 4 years. First in absentia MTR was granted and then AOS. Only issue was whether Client was adopted or not (no adoption papers in the file) but adoption was not nessary because Client qualified as a step [...]

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Adoption of Haitian orphans in order to obtain lawful permanent residence has been a confusing journey

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

In light of the situation regarding adoption of Haitian orphans USCIS has issued a list of questions and answers that will be used for adoptive parents of paroled Haitian orphans on obtaining lawful permanent residence (LPR) status and U.S. citizenship.

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Adoption Issues

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

A. Children Born Out of Wedlock The prospective adoptive parent(s) should be aware that although a child may be born out of wedlock, that child may still have two parents. A child born out of wedlock in a country that has not eliminated all legal distinctions between “legitimate” and “illegitimate”, and who has not been [...]

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Adoption in general

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

This page explains the process for adopting children from foreign countries. Additionally, it provides information on immigration benefits obtainable through adoptive relationships. These resources are intended for adoptive and prospective adoptive parents of foreign-born children, as well as adoption agencies, and state and local officials involved in adoption proceedings. Orphan petitions are the most common [...]

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Child Citizenship Act of 2000

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner

 On October 30, 2000, President Clinton signed into law H.R. 2883, the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. The new law permits foreign-born children—including adopted children —to acquire citizenship automatically if they meet certain requirements. It becomes effective on February 27, 2001. This is citizenship immigration, not naturalization. Which Children Automatically Become Citizens Under the New [...]

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My Adopted Son is a U.S. Citizen

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Brian D. Lerner

Question: My wife and I were unable to have our own children. Therefore, we looked to adopt a child. Because this took years in the U.S., we decided to do an international adoption which has turned out to be much quicker. However, now that the adoption has gone through, we are unsure what must be [...]

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Why can’t I get my adopted orphan into the U.S.?

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Brian D. Lerner

Question: My husband and I have tried for years to have a baby. Unfortunately, we have been unable. However, we have found a beautiful baby girl from the Far East. She is an orphan and we thought we could just adopt her and bring her back to the U.S. It appears that this is not [...]

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