Volume 5 - Adoptions

22 CFR 96 - Intercountry adoption accreditation of agencies and approval of persons

8 CFR 103.2 - Submission and adjudication of benefit requests

8 CFR 204 Subpart C - Intercountry adoption of a Convention adoptee

8 CFR 204.1 - General information about immediate relative and family-sponsored petitions

8 CFR 204.2 - Petitions for relatives, widows and widowers, and abused spouses and children

8 CFR 204.2(d) - Petition for a child or son or daughter

8 CFR 204.3 - Orphan cases under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Act (non-Convention cases)

8 CFR 204.303 - Determination of habitual residence

8 CFR 204.311 - Convention adoption home study requirements

8 CFR 205.1 - Automatic revocation

8 CFR 205.2 - Revocation on notice

Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption

INA 101(b)(1) - Definition of child

INA 101(b)(1)(E) - Definition of a child adoptee for family-based process

INA 101(b)(1)(F) - Definition of a child adoptee for orphan process

INA 101(b)(1)(G) - Definition of a child adoptee for Hague Adoption Convention process

INA 101(b)(2) - Definition of parent, father or mother

INA 201(b) - Immediate relatives

INA 201(b)(2)(A)(i) - Immediate relatives

INA 203(a) - Preference allocation for family-sponsored immigrants

INA 204(d) - Recommendation of valid home study

INA 204, 8 CFR 204 - Procedure for granting immigrant status

Pub. L. 106-139 (PDF) - Immigration and Nationality Act of 1999

Pub. L. 106-279 (PDF) - Hague Adoption Convention and the Intercountry Adoption Act

Pub. L. 111-287 (PDF) - Intercountry Adoption Act

Pub. L. 112-276 (PDF) - Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012

Pub. L. 80-774 (PDF) - Displaced Persons Act of 1948

Pub. L. 87-301 (PDF) - The Act of September 26, 1961

Pub. L. 89-236 (PDF) - Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965