Once the NVC determines the file is complete with all the required documents, they schedule the applicant’s interview appointment. NVC then sends the file, containing the applicant’s petition and the documents listed above, to the U.S. embassy or consulat
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Orphan: A child who has no parents because of death, disappearance, desertion or abandonment of the parents. A child may also be considered an orphan if the child has an unwed mother, or a single living parent who cannot care for the child and has release
Continue reading >>Adoption fraud not only violates U.S. and other countries’ laws, it often ends up hurting the very people adoption is meant to help –the children. Most people involved in the intercountry adoption process have the child’s best interests at heart. Unfortun
Continue reading >>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.
Continue reading >>Adopted Child: An unmarried child under age 21, who was adopted while under the age of sixteen, and who has been in legal custody and lived with the adopting parent(s) for at least two years. These rules do not apply to orphans adopted by American Citizen
Continue reading >>"Immediate Relatives" refers to the parents, spouses and children (who are unmarried and under 21 years of age) of a U.S. citizen. Immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen can immigrate to the United States without being subject to any numerical restrictions
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