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US Government Adoption Notices
Guatemala: USDOS Adoption Notice – Guatemala Update
From the US Department of State: Guatemala May 14, 2012 Notice: Guatemala Update This Adoption Notice is a follow up to the Notice of December 12, 2011. Universal List In March 2012, after months of meetings to gather information, U.S. officials presented a list of known pending cases to Guatemalan officials. This list is a [...]
Kazakhstan: USDOS Adoption Notice – Adoptions from Kazakhstan to Begin With Approval of U.S. ASPs
From the US Department of State: Adoption Notice: Adoptions from Kazakhstan to Begin With Approval of U.S. ASPs The Ministry of Education and Science, the Central Authority of Kazakhstan, has confirmed approval of two U.S. accredited adoption service providers (ASPs) to process Hague Convention adoptions from Kazakhstan to the United States. The ASPs are: Little [...]
Ethiopia: USDOS Adoption Notice – Summary of Adoption Service Provider Meeting with the U.S. Embassy
From the US Department of State: Ethiopia May 10, 2012 Notice: Summary of Adoption Service Provider Meeting with the U.S. Embassy In response to several requests for written summaries of the adoption service provider meetings held by the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, the Office of Children’s Issues posts this notice to provide interested parties [...]
Haiti: USDOS Adoption Alert – Temporary Suspension of New Adoption Cases
From The US Department of State: Haiti May 4, 2012 Alert: Temporary Suspension of New Adoption Cases Haiti’s adoption authority, l’Institut du Bien Être Social et de Recherches (IBESR), informed U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince that it will suspend processing of new adoption cases effective May 7, 2012. IBESR indicated that the suspension will enable it to [...]
Sierra Leone: USDOS Adoption Alert – Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone
From the US Department of State: Sierra Leone April 30, 2012 Alert: Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone On April 13, 2012, the Government of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs lifted the suspension on intercountry adoptions that it enacted on May 21, 2009. Official information states at this time [...]
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