Comments on: Hague Status

By: katep

katep — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:09:18 +0000

If you are already in process (ie pre-Hague) does your agency have to be Hague acredited? Perhaps this is the difference… so even if an agency doesn’t get acredited immediately, their in-process applications are not jeapordized?

Kate

By: Rattus

Rattus — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:08:21 +0000

Canada is a Hague state and China adoptions seem to be going on as usual so I don’t think you’ll have any “China compliance” issues. Frankly, you might have more “US compliance” issues.

By: russchi

russchi — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:47:14 +0000

We will surely get the free extension, but will probably need to renew again also… is this called “new”?

I don’t understand what PAPs have to do other than the training classes… seems most of the stuff falls to the agencies ??

I really don’t want to worry about this for 3-4 years…

LID Summer 2007.

By: bailey

bailey — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:56:48 +0000

LinPatton - I read the FAQs. My interpretation is that if you don’t let your paperwork expire, you are under the current rules/process. If you do, then you are under the new rules/process. I am asking for someone else to provide input as I don’t know if my interpretation is accurate. I don’t know what the new rules involve so it is hard to say if you should renew or not. The safe bet is to remain current under today’s process even if you have to renew a 2nd time.

By: everett78

everett78 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:37:06 +0000

Once the Hague is said and done in the US, doesn’t China have to be in complicance for adoptions to continue? How do we know if they are in “compliance” and what happens if they are not?

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:21:09 +0000

I think it is primarily newborns that are being adopted from the US to Canada, England, etc. I don’t think there are a lot of older child adoptions, but I’m sure there are some.

By: CH

CH — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:34:34 +0000

But isn’t it usually enought for Hague countries to prove, that the child has been available for domestic adoption for a reasonable time without finding a new family for the child? That of course would exclude adoption of newborns, but I don’t see how that would be the reason Hague would totally stop adoption from the US to Canada.

By: LinPatton3

LinPatton3 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:11:27 +0000

Bailey…we let our i71-H expire because we are doing a concurrent adoption. Our agency said we could file for a new one later…are you thinking that we need to do this now…..prob. a question for the agency…but just asking you for now.

By: Scottland

Scottland — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:30:01 +0000

Thank you for the information about the Hague status, but where are all the rumors for December??????

By: bailey

bailey — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:08:48 +0000

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but it sounds like once it is in effect (around March) you shouldn’t let your 1600A/I171h expire or you will fall under the new rules. I don’t know if that is good or bad, but they don’t usually reduce paperwork. Does this sound right? I am ok, but if this is true, those who let their approval expire should make sure that they fully understand what this means.