Like most other problems, it all started with the British. Back in 1838, Afghanistan was minding its own business. I imagine everyone drinking tea, children fly kites and people calling each other “Jan.” Then Britain invaded. After that came the Indians, then the British again, then the Soviets, the Mujahedeen, the Taliban, the US, […]
About this time last year, 3-day-old Shayma’a al-Sheikh Ali was admitted to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the northern Gaza Strip. She was a premature baby girl whose parents died in an air strike. A doctor at the hospital where the infant is being treated said: “The mother and father were killed. The pregnant […]
The nice thing about the family petition is that the adoptive parent is not required to prove that the child they seek to adopt is an orphan. Also, the I-130 family petition can also be a good way to avoid the often laborious I-800 process. That said, the I-130 for an adopted child from a Hague […]
In 2004, the State of Punjab enacted a very interesting piece of legislation The Punjab Destitute And Neglected Children Act 2004; provides for the creation of two government bodies (a court and a bureau) with the specific purpose of overseeing neglected and abandoned in the state of Punjab.
The bureau, is a government body that has authority to do all […]
A couple of years ago, I was contacted by a Pakistani American who was trying to get an immigrant visa for an orphaned baby. The baby had been found outside in the freezing cold in January of 2012 in the Hindu Kush Mountains. Only God knows how she survived. After the baby came home to […]
Is adoption possible from Gaza? Gaza’s youngest Orphan: Both parents die in air strike, baby delivered by c- section.
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 […]
When I was in high school, I strongly felt that all the mathematics I was learning were completely useless and would never be applied to my life. Before we discuss adoptions at all, let’s go back to St. Louis School in Kiltimagh, Ireland where I learned about permutations, combinations and sequences. My teacher, Mrs. Groarke […]
I posted an article on my Facebook recently about Afghan babies who are starving to death. Here’s a link to that article. In response, a Facebook friend sent me this:
Laila Sattar I keep hearing it’s not really possible Grace.
Is it possible? Yes! But only if it’s done correctly
Let’s look at some examples of things not […]
You can! If you are able to meet the following criteria, there are many instances where you can file a family petition for your adopted child:
You have a full and final decree of adoption.
You get this adoption decree before the child turns 16.
You reside with the child for two years.
You have legal custody, even a […]
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