Who needs to submit custody documentation?
If the intending immigrant child was adopted and if the child’s application to immigrate is based upon a parent-child relationship, then custody documentation is required.

What do I need to send?
If you are the adoptive parent and/or petitioner, you must provide:
1.A certified copy of the adoption decree

2.The legal custody decree if custody occurred before the adoption

3.A statement showing dates and places where the child resided with the adoptive parents

4.If the child was adopted when aged 16 or 17 years old, you must submit evidence that the child was adopted with, or subsequent to, the adoption of, a natural sibling under age 16 by the same adoptive parent(s).