Adopting

[KDOR 1]

Can anyone tell us how this process works, requirements and documentations.

Thank you

[Penguin_ie 5,992]

Is the child an orphan? I believe that regardless of the foreign country's laws, the USA will only recognise adoption if the child is an orphan.

[KDOR 1]

No he is not an orphan

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

There are 565 statements of guidelines regarding adoption on the USCIS website. Have you look here to see if your situation falls within any of these http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5600b9f6b2899b1697849110543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=6b7389eef3d4b010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD&start=1&searchQuery=adoption&typeOfSearch=null&spell=false&lemmatize=false&radioSearch=entireSite

Your statement is very open ended.

Edited May 15, 2010 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[pushbrk 12,570]

Be aware there are two governments involved. The adoption occurs under the laws of the child's home country. Then there's the issue of whether the US will recognize the adoption. If you can satisfy both requirements, then the US Citizen can file a petition for CR2 or IR2 visa and expect to be successful.

Adoptions of non-orphans for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit are not likely to succeed in obtaining the immigration benefit.

Just like marriage for an immigration benefit is fraud, so is adoption for an immigration benefit.

Edited May 15, 2010 by pushbrk

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

It is very hard to do a sibling adoption for immigration purposes. You would have to have legal custody and live with the child in Nigeria for 2 years before the immigration process could begin. If it was easy people from places with obscene sibling waits ( 20 years) would all be out adoption siblings to shortcut the sibling visa process.

[sachinky 464]

No he is not an orphan

Then no, it is not going to be possible. Otherwise, you'd have people adopting their siblings in order to cut out the waiting time. Adoption for immigration benefit is fraud.