A conversation with intercountry adoptees who have retained or restored citizenship with their countries of birth—or are advocating to have such a right.
USCIS to Exempt Fees for Intercountry Adoptees Who Apply for Certificates of Citizenship
The exemption will save adoptees thousands of dollars and will remove the biggest barrier for many intercountry adoptees who seek to secure proof of US citizenship.
French Report on Intercountry Adoption
French historians released a report on France’s history and involvement in intercountry adoption, finding decades-long evidence of illicit practices, fraud, and child trafficking.
Swiss Report on Intercountry Adoption: English Translation
Swiss researchers describe fraught and haphazard practices that over decades established a “fait accompli” approach to transnational adoption, which facilitated child trafficking, led to falsified birth records, and ultimately promoted adoptive parent desire for a child over the best interests and welfare of vulnerable children and their families.
Equal Citizenship for Children Act Introduced in Congress
The bill would help intercountry adoptees who are without US citizenship by amending current immigration law, plus making it retroactive to those born after 1940.
Update: Conferees Announced for Bill with Intercountry Adoptee Citizenship Provisions
More than 100 conference committee members will soon begin negotiating a massive technology bill, a version of which could eliminate a loophole denying US citizenship to thousands of intercountry adoptees.