Pre-Adopt/Waiting


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News

USCIS Announces Adoption Policy for Hague Transition Cases
Grandfathered Form I-600A Affected
Click here for USCIS Notice
Click here for Joint Council Notice

General Resources/China Adoption Process

Overview of China Adoption by the U.S. Department of State
http://adoption.state.gov/country/china.html#

Overview of China Adoption and resource links from Adoptive Families Magazine (2008)
http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/china_adoption.php

FCC General Information for Prospective and Paper Chase Families
http://www.fwcc.org/info1.htm

FCC General Information for Waiting Families
http://www.fwcc.org/info2.htm

California Association of Adoption Agencies
http://www.california-adoption.org/member.html

Government Agencies

China Center of Adoption Affairs
(Website no longer available)

Chinese Consulate/Los Angeles
http://losangeles.china-consulate.org/eng/

U.S. Department of State, Office of Children’s Issues (Intercountry Adoption)
http://adoption.state.gov/
Provides information about adoption, including a list of accredited adoption agencies.

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
http://www.uscis.gov/

U.S. Internal Revenue Service (Adoption Tax Credit info)
www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (for travel advisories)
www.cdc.gov

Miscellaneous Medical

Miller Children’s Hospital, Stramski International Adoption Program (Long Beach)
www.memorialcare.org/miller/services/interAdoptPrgm.cfm

American Academy of Pediatrics Provisional Section on Adoption
www.aap.org/sections/adoption

Listserves

A-Parents China
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/a-parents-china