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USCIS Implements Required DNA Testing for Vietnamese Adoptions
Vietnamese law authorizing adoptions between U.S. and Vietnam to expire on September 1
USCIS Update
May 27, 2008
WASHINGTON
– U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today
that its office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is implementing a DNA
testing requirement for Vietnamese adoption cases where the birth
parent(s) of the adopted child has been identified. USCIS is also
reminding prospective adoptive parents that the agreement required by
Vietnamese law to authorize adoptions between the United States and
Vietnam will expire later this summer.
USCIS expects that DNA
testing will not only help confirm a child’s status as an orphan, but
will also significantly streamline the processing of cases in which a
birth parent has been identified, as opposed to the more lengthy
investigative time required to process adoptions when the birth parent
is unknown. Read More Here
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