June 2013
U.S. Pre-Adoption Immigration Review for Ethiopia
USCIS and the Department of State's Office of Children¿s Issues held a stakeholder conference call on June 6, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern) to discuss the implementation of PAIR in Ethiopia and how it may impact cases going forward.
06/06/2013
April 2013
Ethiopia PAIR Engagement
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (DOS) invited interested stakeholders to participate in a teleconference on Monday, April 15, 2013
from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern) to discuss implementation of Pre-Adoption Immigration Review (PAIR) should the government of Ethiopia require PAIR in its adoption process.
04/15/2013
November 2012
Russian Adoptions Pre-Processing Engagement
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Department of State invited interested parties to participate in a stakeholder listening session concerning the pre-adoption processing provision of the U.S.-Russian Adoption Agreement.
11/07/2012
October 2012
Russian Adoptions Engagement
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Department of State (State) invited interested parties to participate in a stakeholder engagement concerning the U.S.-Russian Adoption Agreement, which entered into force on Thursday, November 1, 2012.
10/18/2012
January 2012
Grandfathering of Non-Hague Adoption Cases Stakeholder Engagement
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited interested parties to participate in a national stakeholder teleconference on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 @ 2:00 PM EDT.
01/31/2012
December 2011
Stakeholder Meeting on Guatemalan Adoptions
USCIS conducted a general information call on Friday, December 16th at 1:00p.m. (EST) to learn more about the new Guatemalan National Council on Adoptions (CNA) procedures and USCIS and the Department of States roles in assisting U.S. families move their cases forward once the CNA identifies their cases as eligible to proceed.
12/16/2011
USCIS Stakeholder Meeting on Ethiopian Adoptions
As a follow up to the October 28, 2011, Ethiopian Stakeholder call, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State invited stakeholders to call on Friday, December 9, 2011 at 10am EST to discuss USCIS November trip to the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa to adjudicate not clearly approvable adoption petitions.
12/09/2011
October 2011
Stakeholder Meeting on Ethiopian Adoptions
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited stakeholders to call and discuss USCIS processing of Ethiopian adoption cases which the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is referring to USCIS as "not clearly approvable".
10/28/2011
August 2011
Bringing Your Internationally Adopted Child to the United States
On August 19, 2011, the USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) invited interested parties to participate in a national stakeholder meeting to discuss steps that should occur with USCIS after a family returns home to the United States with their adopted child.
08/19/2011
July 2011
Service Center Operations Teleconference: Child Status Protection Act and the Grandfather Clause (266KB PDF)
On July 26, 2011, the USCIS Service Center Operations Directorate invited interested stakeholders to participate in a Monthly Stakeholder Teleconference. These engagements present an opportunity for stakeholders to receive current information from service center officials on particular topics of interest. The Vermont Service Center hosted the July teleconference with assistance from the California Service Center.
07/26/2011
April 2011
USCIS Stakeholder Meeting on Ethiopian Adoptions
On April 6, 2011, the USCIS International Operations Division and the Office of Public Engagement invited stakeholders to participate in a meeting in which USCIS presented findings of a recent interagency site visit to Addis Ababa to review Ethiopian adoptions.
04/06/2011
December 2010
Teleconference on Nepal Adoptions
On December 15, 2010, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services International Operations Division and the Office of Public Engagement invited prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt children from Nepal to a teleconference with USCIS and the Department of State to discuss the current situation of adoption processing in Nepal.
12/15/2010
October 2010
Teleconference on Nepal Adoptions
On October 5, 2010, the USCIS International Operations Division and the Office of Public Engagement invited prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt children from Nepal to a teleconference with USCIS and the Department of State to discuss the current situation of adoption processing in Nepal.
10/05/2010
June 2010
Centralization of Orphan Processing Webinar
On June 28, 2010, the USCIS Office of Public Engagement and National Benefits Center invited Adoption Service Providers to participate in an open house to discuss the centralization of orphan processing to the National Benefits Center.
06/28/2010
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