Posted in US Department of State, US Embassy in Hanoi on Sep 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
The Department of State has issued their statement regarding the passing September 1st expiration of the bilateral adoption agreement this week. It says, in part:
The Vietnamese Department of International Adoptions (DIA) has confirmed that the DIA continued to issue referrals to prospective adoptive parents until September 1, 2008, the date the United States – Vietnam [...]
Posted in In The News, US Department of State on Aug 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Today the United States Department of State issued a warning on their website concerning the reliability of documentation of children born at Tu Du Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. According to the DOS statement:
In light of these discoveries, the Department of State and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recommend that U.S. adoption service providers [...]
Posted in Hague, US Department of State on Aug 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
JCICS has posted the State Department’s response to their recent letter written in cooperation with CCAI and signed by 140 members of Congress. The State Department expressed their commitment to “continuing the development of intercountry adoption bilateral cooperation” and then summarized the current situation:
Important aspects of the adoptions process in Vietnam are under the authority [...]
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