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  • USCIS Begins Accepting Requests for Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
    18 Mar 2013 - 14:39

    Agency successfully meets 60-day implementation date

    WASHINGTON— U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will begin accepting requests, effective immediately, for consideration of deferred action for childhood arrivals. On June 15, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that certain people who came to the United States as children and meet other key guidelines may request, on a case-by-case basis, consideration of deferred action.

    “USCIS has developed a rigorous review process for deferred action requests under guideli...

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  • CBP Releases Memo on the Implementation of DACA
    15 Mar 2013 - 14:30

    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.

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  • USCIS FAQ: Adoptions from Vietnam to the United States Will Not Resume Without A New Bilateral Agreement
    13 Mar 2013 - 14:40

    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?

    According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice, prospective adoptive parents who received a formal referral (matched with a child) by Sept. 1 will be allowed to process their adoption to conclusion.  Dossiers that were not referred by Sept. 1 will be closed and returned to the adoption service provider.    The joint statement between the United States and Vietnamis available in the Related Links of this page.

    Question:  Should adoption service providers stop working on new adoptions from...

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  • Taiwan implements a Pre-Adoption Immigration Review requirement for all adoptions by U.S. citizens of children residing in Taiwan
    28 Feb 2013 - 01:07

    In January, the Taiwan Child Welfare Bureau issued an administrative order that requires all adoption cases filed on behalf of U.S. prospective adoptive parents with the Taiwan courts to undergo the U.S. PAIR process. The order applies to all currently licensed Taiwan adoption services providers (ASP), and any ASPs which may be licensed in the future. The administrative order instructs Taiwan ASPs to include a letter issued by the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) located in Taipei, confirming that USCIS successfully completed the PAIR process with each court filing initiated after April 1, 2013. The new requirement will not affect pending adoption cases filed with Taiwan courts before April 1, 2013.

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  • USCIS Unable to Resume Processing Adoptions from Fiji
    18 Jan 2013 - 16:10

    On August 1, 2012, Fiji joined the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention). However, the Department of State (State) has determined that Fiji does not yet have a fully functional convention process in place. State consular officers cannot certify that adoption decrees or custody orders obtained in Fiji for a child who is a resident of Fiji have been issued in compliance with the Hague Adoption Convention. Without this certification, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) cannot approve a Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative. 

    Because U....

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