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USCIS Clarifies Guidance About How to Adopt a Child under the Hague Adoption Convention
Release Date
06/14/2024
Effective June 14, 2024, USCIS has updated the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 5, Part D, to clarify how prospective adoptive parents can adopt a child under the Hague Adoption Convention.
This update (PDF, 324.66 KB) consolidates and clarifies existing guidance to provide clear requirements for the Hague process. The update:
USCIS FAQ: Adoptions from Vietnam to the United States Will Not Resume Without A New Bilateral Agreement
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 Releases Memo on the Implementation of DACA
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.