January 18, 2009
Interview on the Situation in Haiti and the Adoption of Haitian Children: Michele T. Bond, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizens Services, Washington, D.C. (January 19, 2010)
Secretary Napolitano Announces Humanitarian Parole Policy for Certain Haitian Orphans
Document Request for Pending Haitian Adoption Cases:
DHS’ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has set up a special e-mail box haitianadoptions@dhs.gov to receive scanned documentation on pending Haitian adoptee orphans. If you have already sent documentation to askci@state.gov , it will be forwarded to USCIS on your behalf.
USCIS requests that all communications from prospective adoptive parents and adoption service providers should be formatted as follows:
- Subject line: LAST NAME, First name of the adopting parent, and USCIS case number and NVC case number, if available
- If you are adopting more than one child, please send separate e-mails for each child
- Include the name, DOB, gender of the child, and the current location of the child in Haiti
- Include any contact information for the child’s current whereabouts
- Please include a recent photograph of the child
- Attachments: please limit attachments to 10 megabytes per e-mail message. If necessary, split your communication into more than one message, and indicate in the subject line the total number of e-mails and the message number (i.e. “1 of 2”)
The following case documents may be useful to USCIS;
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Full and final Haitian adoption decree
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GOH Custody grant to prospective adoptive parents for emigration and adoption OR
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Secondary evidence of either of the adoption or custody decree
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Proof of travel by the prospective adoptive parents to Haiti to visit the child
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Photos of the child and prospective adoptive parents together
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ASP “Acceptance of Referral” letter signed by the prospective adoptive parents
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IBESR approval
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Legal relinquishment or award of custody to the Haitian orphanage
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Secondary evidence of the above (e.g. e-mail correspondence, copies, ASP correspondence)