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Country Status
India is currently
OPEN
to adoptions by US citizens.
For a list of Joint
Council agencies working in India, please consult our
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May 20, 2010
Invitation
Joint Council
invites adoptive families and children to share their adoption
journey with Mr. D.K.Sikri, Secretary of India’s Ministry of
Women and Child and Ms. Anu Singh, Secretary of India’s Central
Adoption Authority for the Government of India during a program
on the evening of May 28th. This is a unique and
wonderful opportunity to meet India’s most important authorities
on the care of children and to demonstrate the benefits that
intercountry adoption has for the children of India as well as
the challenges . We hope that you will join us on the 28th
and lend your support to finding families for all Indian
children.
Host: Joint
Council on International Children’s Services
Co-Host: The Barker Foundation
Date:
Friday, May 28, 2010
Time: 6:00
pm – 8:00 pm EST
Location: The Barker Foundation
7979 Old Georgetown Road
First Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
RSVP:
Due to space limitations, attendance is limited. Please
RSVP early to ensure your participation.
RSVP
By: 5:00 pm, Wednesday, May 26
RSVP
To: Carolina Kenrick
301-664-9664
CKenrick@barkerfoundation.org
Directions:
Google Maps to the Barker Foundation
March 2009
The United States
Embassy announces that effective April 1, 2009 all
Indian adoption case processing for India will take place in New
Delhi. Centralizing adoptions in India will allow all adoption cases
to benefit from the long-established working relationship between
India’s Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA ), located in New
Delhi, and the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
During the initial period of adoptions processed under the
The Hague Convention on the
Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Inter-Country
Adoption,
it has become clear that the active involvement of CARA and the
Embassy is critical to ensuring the smooth processing of Indian
orphans by American citizens.
Centralization of adoptions includes all adoptions cases, both Hague
and non-Hague. Adoption cases in process at the Consulates prior to
April 1, 2009 will be processed to completion by the Consulates,
unless there is a case-specific issue that requires the involvement
of the Embassy and CARA.
This notice has
also been posted at
Adoption.State.Gov/news/notices.html.
December 2008
As
many of you know, a series of terrorist attacks occurred in Mumbai
last week, killing 179 people. Joint Council extends its condolences
to the Indian government and the citizens of Mumbai following the
series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai which killed 179 people.
For families traveling to India, we ask that you remain aware of
current travel warnings, details of which can be found on the
America Embassy in New Delhi’s website,
http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/warden_information.html.
October 2007
At the invitation of India's Central Adoption Resource
Agency (CARA), Joint Council President & CEO Tom DiFilipo spoke on
Mutual Cooperation and Transparency & Ethical issues in intercountry
adoption. A copy of Tom's remarks are available on our
IRI Page.
September 2007
Through the longstanding
relationship between the Joint Council India Caucus, lead for years by
Teri Bell and now by Aimee LaBlonde, Joint Council's Tom DiFilipo has
been invited to speak at this year's CARA Conference in India. Tom will
address the issue of Ethics in Adoption on October 10, 2007.
July 2006
Embassy New Delhi
states that CARA’s policies and procedures have not changed. In May,
CARA did issue a revised “Guideline for Adoption from India in 2006”
that raised fees, but otherwise is substantively unchanged from the
previous. The updated guidelines and other information are available on
CARA’s website (www.cara.nic.in)
and will soon be reflected in an updated adoption flyer for India to be
posted on the Department of State website.
April
2005
Joint
Council sent a letter to Renuka Chidambaram and Aloma Lobo (CARA
appointees). Click
here to view the letter.
June
2004
Joint Council recently sent a letter to the Joint Director, Mrs. S.K.
Mishra, of the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) asking for
clarification on a number of issues. For a copy of the letter,
click here. The majority of concerns
surround adoption by Non-Resident Indians (NRI's) since it is unclear
how the governing adoption rules will address NRI's going forward.
October 2003
In
October, 2003 India entered into force with the Hague Adoption
Convention. Since that time adoption processing continues but has slowed
down due to the implementation of the Hague, elections and personnel
changes at CARA. In December, the Secretary of CARA, Dev Verman, left
his position and his replacement has yet to be announced.
August 2003
The government of India
ratified the Hague Convention on International Adoption on June 6,
2003. It will come into effect October 1, 2003. The Central Adoption
Resource Agency (CARA), currently the governmental body responsible for
monitoring and enforcing Indian adoption regulations, will be the
central authority. While some changes are expected to occur as a result
of The Hague, at this time it is expected that international adoption
processing will continue without delay or interruption. CARA has
announced the government of India plans to formalize adoption
eligibility guidelines for both domestic and international adoptions at
some time in the near future.
CARA's
website provides detailed information about current Indian adoption
regulations.
The
U.
S. Department of State’s website also provides detailed information
about U. S. citizen requirements to adopt a child from India.
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