Adopting a niece from the PI

[Sagot 1,548]

Correct. That is what I posted to her earlier

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You are right. However, orphan is defined as

"a foreign-born child who:

does not have any parents because of the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents

OR

has a sole or surviving parent who is unable to care for the child, consistent with the local standards of the foreign sending country, and who has, in writing, irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption"

So that's still not the same as the biological parents being actually dead. I'm not sure if giving up parental rights counts as abandonment, but it could.

The process for immigration is definitely not easy. After adoption there is still a chance the children could be denied and immigrant visa.

There is a couple here who legally adopted a young girl and I think it was from the PI. The girl's mother legally signed over rights. However, it has been over 6 years and they have not be able to immigrate their daughter.

Edited October 1, 2016 by NuestraUnion

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

The process for immigration is definitely not easy. After adoption there is still a chance the children could be denied and immigrant visa.

There is a couple here who legally adopted a young girl and I think it was from the PI. The girl's mother legally signed over rights. However, it has been over 6 years and they have not be able to immigrate their daughter.

Are they living with their daughter? Was a final adoption made through the courts? Edited October 1, 2016 by EM_Vandaveer

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Are they living with their daughter? Was a final adoption made through the courts?

No, they are in the US but they continue to support their daughter financially.

I'll try to find their threads.

[EM_Vandaveer 2,408]

No, they are in the US but they continue to support their daughter financially.

I'll try to find their threads.

Unless they lived with their daughter for two years after the adoption was final, their daughter cannot get an immigrant visa. The rules are strict about this.

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Thank you everyone for you input.