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I am a Resident of a Foreign Country, Living in the US. Can I Adopt?
Identifies the process of how foreign nationals living in the United States can adopt children in the United States.... [more]
Top 21 Sending Countries for FY 1999
Statistics on internation adoptions to the U.S. and other countries; comments on changes.... [more]
The New Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Information regarding the new Child Citizenship Act of 2000.... [more]
A Maze of Paperwork: An American Passport for My Daughter
One couple's experience in trying to obtain an American passport for their adopted daughter.... [more]
International Adoptions
Information about international adoptions.... [more]
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Found My Siblings
I always knew that I was adopted when I was growing up. My parents were older and they used to tell me that they got to choose me, but had to "take" my brother who was born 2 years after they adopted me. They had been married 13 years when they adopted me and they had been told they were too old. I don't know the whole story, but I do...
Being Adopted and Missing a Sister
When I was 5 years old my parents told me I was adopted. I am now almost 19 and looking back I'm actually fortunate I found out at such a young age because I grew up appreciating my parents more. I was confused, sad, and emotional. The way they described it to me made me feel like they were giving me back, but that, of course, wasn't the case. My...
Two Loving Families
1990: My adoptive parents knew that there would be a child in Peru to be born in the next few days of July. A call had been made to them and all arrangements necessary to take the flights were done. She saw me as a newborn child. However, they spent three months in Peru to arrange some papers there. I can imagine my parents' anxiousness during...
My mother had four children from three fathers; she died in 2003 from AIDS. My mother was a drug addict and was always in and out of mine and my older brother's life. She had custody of us at first but that didn't last long. She didn't know how to take care of us; she couldn't even take care of herself. Our father finally got custody of us and did...
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