U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it has published new versions of the Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative, Form I-600 and the Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, Form I-600A . The new date on the bottom of both forms is “12/30/09 N.” [...]
Posted on April 04th, 2010 in News
Posted on March 17th, 2010 in News
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that on April 1, 2010, it is centralizing processing and adjudication of all new orphan (Non-Hague) petitions with the agency’s specialized adoptions team in Missouri.
Prospective adoptive parents will continue to file their Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative (Form I [...]
Posted on January 31st, 2010 in News
In response to the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is actively screening Haitian children for possible humanitarian parole if they fit into one of two special categories authorized by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano on Jan. 18, 2010. The specialized categories only apply to Haitian children [...]
Tags: Adoption, Appointment, Children, Earhquake, Form I-600, Form I-600A, Haiti, Human Parole, IBESR, Orphan Screening, Schedule, USCIS

