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Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again, to lowest level since 1994
From The Washington Post: The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 15 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1994 due largely to sharp cutbacks by China and Ethiopia, sources of most adoptees in recent years. Figures released Tuesday by the State Department for the 2011 fiscal year showed 9,320 adoptions [...]
USCIS Stakeholder Meeting on Ethiopian Adoptions
From U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS): Meeting Invitation USCIS Stakeholder Meeting on Ethiopian Adoptions Friday, October 28, 2011 @ 10:30 am (EDT) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) would like to invite you to attend a stakeholder call to discuss USCIS processing of Ethiopian adoption cases which the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is [...]
Ethiopia: US DOS Adoption Notice – Confirmation of Orphanage Closures in Ethiopia
From the US Department of State: Ethiopia October 17, 2011 Notice: Confirmation of Orphanage Closures in Ethiopia Ethiopian government officials confirmed the closure of several orphanages in the Southern Nations state due to revocation of the orphanages’ operational licenses. Each orphanage in Ethiopia receives an operational license that the Charities and Societies Administration administers and [...]
Ethiopia: US Department of State Adoption Notice – Information regarding processing of Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, Filed at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa
From the US Department of State: Ethiopia October 7, 2011 Notice: Information regarding processing of Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, Filed at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa In January,April and September, 2011, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa, the Office of Children’s Issues of the Department of State, and [...]
Nepal to Ethiopia: A Study in Corrupted Adoption
From The Independent: …But being a mum isn’t something that came easily to Victoria. As an international adoptive parent, determined not to cut corners or resort to bribery, she was forced by a rapidly corrupting system to fight tooth and nail for her little girl. It was a fight that took its toll and almost [...]
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