Monday, March 1, 2010

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert - Swaziland

Swaziland

Adoption Alert

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children’s Issues



March 1, 2010


On February 24, 2010, the Deputy Prime Minister of Swaziland informed the U.S. Embassy in Mbabane that it will not process intercountry adoptions cases while the Department of Social Welfare completes a review of its adoption procedures. Only cases that were already with the Swaziland High Court will be processed during the review. The U.S. Embassy in Mbabane has not been provided with an expected completion date of the review.

Please continue to monitor adoption.state.gov for updated information.

http://adoption.state.gov/news/swaziland.html

Ethics, Transparency, Support
~ What All Adoptions Deserve.
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