USCIS Begins Accepting Requests for Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
Agency successfully meets 60-day implementation date
Agency successfully meets 60-day implementation date
WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it cannot approve a Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, filed on behalf of a child to be adopted from Vietnam. The Department of State (DOS) has determined that Vietnam has not proven capable of meeting its obligations under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention).
The bilateral adoption agreement between the United States and Vietnamexpired on Sept. 1, 2008. Both nations have agreed to cease processing new adoption cases until the United States and Vietnamsign a new bilateral agreement.
Question: Now that Sept. 1 has passed, what is the status of adoptions from Vietnam?
CBP memo concerning the exercise of prosecutorial discretion with respect to individuals who came to the U.S. as children.
Please check attached document to read CBP Memo.