Document Number: 2007HANOI01820 From: American Embassy in Hanoi To: Secretary of State Date: October 2007 Subject: Vietnam September Adoption Issues Cable {approximately half of this document is redacted} Summary: During the month of September post [US Embassy in Hanoi] issued 65 adoption related immigrant visas. Post also significantly expanded its field verification of adoption cases. [...]
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The Office of Childrens Issues in the U.S. State Department has created a new website specifically for International Adoptions, Intercountry Adoption. This new site has much of the information previously provided through the travel.state.gov site plus more information about the Hague and more up to date statistics and charts for each country. It is valuable [...]
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As a former PAP, who is now a P and AP, I am grateful to Mirah, Amyadoptee and Stella for their comments on the last post. Do I agree with all of their points of view? No, but I am still grateful. Because left to myself, I would not have the value of the perspective [...]
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According to the Tucson Citizen: Commonwealth Adoptions closing in Tucson, elsewhere The board has made a decision to phase out,” President Marina Mayhew said on Tuesday. She said no new families are being accepted as clients, but those already in the adoption process, which includes about five to 10 in Tucson, will still be served. [...]
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