adoption & immigration

coleville · Oct 8th, 2007, 10:50

Anyone adopted children in India or from India? We are looking for some advice on taking our daughter to the U.S. We did an in-country adoption, but I am a US citizen and my husband a green card holder. I also have an Indian PIO card.

We got her in June and are completing the paperwork now and still need to get her birth certificate and then apply for passport(Indian or American?) and visa if necessary.

Lot of info out there, but it's either confusing or contradictory and we have been told by several people there are no good immigration attorneys in Chennai -- or at least ones who are familiar with this type of situation.

Have talk to the consulate, but they also are not helpful or don't know what to do.

Nick-H · Oct 8th, 2007, 16:50

All the adoption cases I know of are informal. There seems to be quite a lot of freedom, particularly within the larger extended family, of passing kids around to suit!

I know one girl, who is now living in London with her adopted parents: she is actually her mother's sister's child, but has a passport etc as being her adopted parents' child.

However, someone was telling me the other day that formal adoption is now quite a stiff process --- it would be interesting to hear of your experiences.

If you have completed that, and are getting to the stage of having her birth certificate and passport, I would have thought that was all that was necessary? Does USA make a difference between a born-to child and a legally-adopted one?

boefje12 · Oct 8th, 2007, 17:22

Hi Coleville,
We have adopted our child from Mumbai. We live in the Netherlands thus laws here are different to those in the US. However, being an NRI, did smoothen the process i.e. preference is given to the Indians in India, then the NRIs & PIO and lastly to the foreigners abroad.

We did not have to be present at the court (varies every year!) and our case was handled by someone at the orphanage.

good luck.

Selkie · Dec 12th, 2007, 04:48

Hi Coleville,

The best thing would be to get in touch with some adoption agencies in the states and see what they say, they should be able to give you a run down on your possible position.

I know in Britain where I am any international adoption is treated like an in-UK adoption and prospective parents have to go through the same assessments by social work agencies and the same legal process. It can be very costly. I don't know if that would be the same in the USA.

Good luck.

Oct 8th, 2007, 10:50	#1
coleville Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 15	adoption & immigration Anyone adopted children in India or from India? We are looking for some advice on taking our daughter to the U.S. We did an in-country adoption, but I am a US citizen and my husband a green card holder. I also have an Indian PIO card. We got her in June and are completing the paperwork now and still need to get her birth certificate and then apply for passport(Indian or American?) and visa if necessary. Lot of info out there, but it's either confusing or contradictory and we have been told by several people there are no good immigration attorneys in Chennai -- or at least ones who are familiar with this type of situation. Have talk to the consulate, but they also are not helpful or don't know what to do.

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Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 35,900	All the adoption cases I know of are informal. There seems to be quite a lot of freedom, particularly within the larger extended family, of passing kids around to suit! I know one girl, who is now living in London with her adopted parents: she is actually her mother's sister's child, but has a passport etc as being her adopted parents' child. However, someone was telling me the other day that formal adoption is now quite a stiff process --- it would be interesting to hear of your experiences. If you have completed that, and are getting to the stage of having her birth certificate and passport, I would have thought that was all that was necessary? Does USA make a difference between a born-to child and a legally-adopted one? __________________ ... Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)

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Oct 8th, 2007, 17:22	#3
boefje12 The Gypsy Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 41	Hi Coleville, We have adopted our child from Mumbai. We live in the Netherlands thus laws here are different to those in the US. However, being an NRI, did smoothen the process i.e. preference is given to the Indians in India, then the NRIs & PIO and lastly to the foreigners abroad. We did not have to be present at the court (varies every year!) and our case was handled by someone at the orphanage. good luck.

Dec 12th, 2007, 04:48	#4
Selkie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 143	Hi Coleville, The best thing would be to get in touch with some adoption agencies in the states and see what they say, they should be able to give you a run down on your possible position. I know in Britain where I am any international adoption is treated like an in-UK adoption and prospective parents have to go through the same assessments by social work agencies and the same legal process. It can be very costly. I don't know if that would be the same in the USA. Good luck.