Please help: Adopting my wife’s deceased brother’s infant daughter (Pakistan)

[US_Vet_CV64 1]

Country: Pakistan 
As the title says, my wife’s brother is deceased for two years now and leaves behind his two-year old daughter who is currently in the care of my in-laws (legal guardians). The mother of the two-year old has abandoned her and has relinquished all of her rights to my in-laws. 
 

My wife still has her US status pending and cannot not move forward with sponsorship or adoption. Also, technically they’d be sisters right? I’m at lost on how this can help or hinder my attempts in adoption. 
 

I am a US veteran and citizen and need help in bringing the two-year old over as my in-laws are too old to care for her. 
 

Can anyone please provide me some information or point me in the right direction to get things in motion?

 

Thank you very much for your time and help. 

[Mike E 11,739]

https://www.uscis.gov/adoption/bringing-your-internationally-adopted-child-to-the-united-states

[Boiler 45,486]

I did not think Pakistan did adoption?

[Timona 4,207]

How are they sisters? She's the aunt

[jan22 3,053]

Adopting a child in Pakistan is very complicated, especially when it needs to also meet US immigration laws.  The best starting point would be to thoroughly read the State Department's country-specific information on Pakistan:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Intercountry-Adoption-Country-Information/Pakistan.html.

 

It will not be easy or fast.

 

 

Edited September 4, 2023 by jan22

[SalishSea 17,828]

3 hours ago, Timona said:

How are they sisters? She's the aunt

Self-delete wildly inappropriate comment.

Edited September 4, 2023 by SalishSea

[Boiler 45,486]

3 hours ago, jan22 said:

Adopting a child in Pakistan is very complicated, especially when it needs to also meet US immigration laws.  The best starting point would be to thoroughly read the State Department's country-specific information on Pakistan:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Intercountry-Adoption-Country-Information/Pakistan.html.

 

It will not be easy or fast.

 

Or cheap

[Cathi 5,748]

8 hours ago, Boiler said:

Or cheap

Was just about to say the same thing until I saw your comment.

[Boiler 45,486]

1 minute ago, Cathi said:

Was just about to say the same thing until I saw your comment.

Feel free to duplicate, now that is cheap.

 

Anyway OP has been back and has not commented so I think this is a dead thread.

[US_Vet_CV64 1]

On 9/4/2023 at 6:09 AM, Timona said:

How are they sisters? She's the aunt

Yeah, I looked too much into it thinking since the infant was adopted and looks at grandma and grandpa as parents, I overlooked the whole guardian thing.

 

Nevertheless, can your pointing out my error help my situation or are you only on here to troll and get likes for other peoples errors?

[US_Vet_CV64 1]

On 9/4/2023 at 6:12 AM, jan22 said:

Adopting a child in Pakistan is very complicated, especially when it needs to also meet US immigration laws.  The best starting point would be to thoroughly read the State Department's country-specific information on Pakistan:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/Intercountry-Adoption-Country-Information/Pakistan.html.

 

It will not be easy or fast.

 

 

Thank you Jan22! We are reading through this. 

[US_Vet_CV64 1]

On 9/4/2023 at 2:56 AM, Boiler said:

I did not think Pakistan did adoption?

Yes, adoption is available in Pakistan. 

[Boiler 45,486]

Pakistan has no statute that provides for the adoption of children; thus there is no law setting forth age, residency, or marriage requirements. In general, adoptions are a community matter in Pakistan. People often opt for informal adoptions according to their faith, outside the Family Courts. Such informal adoptions do not meet the criteria set forth in the U.S. law for the issuance of an immigration visa to an adopted child. Prospective adoptive parents must comply with U.S. legal requirements in the I-600 process and applicable provisions of the Guardians and Wards Act of 1890 in Pakistan.