U.S. Government Information Sources

Last Revised: 2/28/05

• Contacting the State Dept. about adopting from China.

• The State Dept. China Adoption information packet is also available online online. We now have a link to the current document on the U. S. State Department web site. This is a good overview of adoption from China, this lengthy document (29 printed pages!) details the current situation and requirements for adoption from China.

• The U. S. State Dept. Consular Affairs website. Has general travel related information.

• The Consular Information Sheet from the U.S. State Department has the general information about travel to China and any current advisories or warnings.

• The US Embassy in Beijing has a website that includes official announcements from the China Center for Adoption Affairs.

• The entire U.S. Justice Department document The Immigration of Adopted and Prospective Adoptive Children that details the U.S. government procedures required for China adoptions. Also available as a PDF file (note 2,580 KB file size).

• The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services page with information about USCIS procedures for adopting a child from abroad. This includes links to other related USCIS pages.

• Adoption from China requires the prospective adoptive parents to assemble a variety of documents. These include certified birth certificates, marriage certificates, and divorce decrees among others. These can be obtained from the state vital records agency, and authenticated by the Secretary of State of that state. These addresses and phone numbers have been assembled from a variety of sources. They are accurate to the best of our imperfect knowledge. If you find that some of this information is incorrect, please help us by sending corrections and updates to Laura Morrison at: laura_morrison@bigfoot.com.

• Here in the link to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Website. Parents assembling their dossiers may wish to check here to see if there are any recent changes concerning the I-600A rules and fees.

• Here is the current info on applying for a Certificate of Citizenship using the USCIS form N-600.

• The official US INS statistics on numbers of international adoptions as measured by IR-3 and IR-4 visa numbers.

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