Posted in Experiences on Oct 16th, 2008 29 Comments »
As we reported earlier today,
The Government of Vietnam and the Government of the United States have agreed that U.S. citizens will not be able to adopt Vietnamese children until both countries sign a new agreement or Vietnam joins the Hague Convention.
In the clearest and most official statement to date, prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) were [...]
Posted in In The News on Oct 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
The Department of State and USCIS have posted a US – Vietnam Joint Statement on Adoptions. Below is an excerpt:
1. …On September 23, 2008, the Vietnamese Department of International Adoptions (DIA) provided the U.S. Embassy with a list of 534 U.S. dossiers that received referrals before September 1. These cases will be [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Ethics on Oct 12th, 2008 11 Comments »
On October 10, JCICS released a position statement on Special Needs adoptions in Vietnam that reads, in part:
Vietnamese law does allow for the adoption of a child with Special Needs, despite the expired MOA. However, this Special Needs adoption, if pursued, would have to take place as an independent adoption. An independent [...]
Posted in In The News on Oct 11th, 2008 No Comments »
On October 10th, the National Council for Adoption issued a press release which said in part:
Although Vietnamese law allows for the processing of the adoption of children with special needs without a working agreement, NCFA is advocating extreme caution on the part of international adoption agencies and families matched with a Vietnamese child with special [...]
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