I see Madonna just opened a school in Karachi. She should consider adopting from there too. 45 bodies of discarded infants, mostly girls have been recovered in the city in 2014. Of course, that’s a drop in the ocean compared to the rest of the country. I just got two petitions approved for babies who […]
I read a piece in an Irish newspaper today about a baby girl in Gaza who has been born via emergency c-section after her parents had been killed in an air strike. I’ve posted the article and the picture below.
A lot of you have contacted me regarding adoption from Gaza. Is it possible? What a […]
Not satisfied with cutting the number of international adoptions from “Hague” countries in half, the US has now turned its attention to the Non-Hague countries. This is a shame when you consider that the non-Hague countries are primarily the ones that did not have enough resources to plough into setting up a centralized adoption authority […]
Can you say “RFEs”?
USCIS has recently issued its interim guidance on how I-600, orphan petitions, will be adjudicated under the new law. Everybody with a pending I-600A or I-600 should expect to receive Requests for Evidence (“RFEs”) or even a Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs) as the individual officers work on adjudicating these applications.
This […]
Here’s a more in depth review of the interim guidance memo.
The memo states clearly that all adoption service providers operating in the United States are required to be accredited by the central adoption authority. Fine. We already new that.
If prospective adoptive parents filed an I-600A or I-600 before July of 2013 then the UAA does […]
Well we finally have it! USCIS has issued its interim guidance on the UAA. Let’s get right down to the nitty gritty- what’s going to happen to adoptions from Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt?
Here is is from the horse’s mouth:
“Petitioners may still act on their own behalf in their own adoption case if
permitted under the laws […]
The UAA transition guidance is finally available and I’m happy to report that in my opinion, the sky is not falling!! We don’t have final regulations yet and until we do, nobody knows what is going to happen but here’s my take on the guidance we have thus far:
First- know this: A competent authority means […]
As the founder of Pakistan Adoption Group, I have had the privilege of helping thousands of adoptive families adopt babies from Pakistan over the past 10 years. As the mother of two daughters, both adopted from Pakistan, and having built a community with other adoptive families, I felt good about having made a difference in […]
It’s an oldy but a goody, something I posted on the the Pakistani Adoption Group some time ago-
I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences with everyone on private adoptions in Pakistan.
First, let’s look at the laws. The United States adoption laws can be found in the Immigration and Nationality Act. The federal regulations provide […]
I had a great conversation today with a prospective adoptive parent who had lost a family member in Pakistan under very tragic circumstances. A child was left orphaned as a result. Over the years I have had many people approach me and ask if they can adopt a relative (often an infant) from a Muslim […]
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