PRINTER FRIENDLY VERSION
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Adoption Notice
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children’s Issues
March 12, 2009
The United States Embassy announces that effective April 1, 2009 all Indian adoption case processing for
During the initial period of adoptions processed under the The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country Adoption, it has become clear that the active involvement of CARA and the Embassy is critical to ensuring the smooth processing of Indian orphans by American citizens.
Centralization of adoptions includes all adoptions cases, both Hague and non-Hague. Adoption cases in process at the Consulates prior to April 1, 2009 will be processed to completion by the Consulates, unless there is a case-specific issue that requires the involvement of the Embassy and CARA.
