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I was wanting to know if anyone could help me? I have a neice that wants to come and live with me, she is illegal as well is her parents which are divorced but both agreed that she can come and live with me. They are here in the US. Is there anyway that I could adopt her???
Thanks,
b. donato
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In order to adopt her, you would have to go through the legal process of international adoption, and it is not possible to legally adopt a citizen of another country who has both parents still alive and known, and expect that adopted person to be able to reside legally in the USA. The USA requires that all children adopted and brought to the USA by its citizens be legal orphans, which she is not. There is also an age requirement - all orphans brought to the USA must be age 16 or younger, which she may or may not meet. It is not the country she resides in that matters, it's her citizenship. As long as she holds the citizenship from another country, she would have to be adopted under international laws.
Your best bet would probably be to consult an immigration attorney, to see if there is any way she could legally be in this country - perhaps you could sponsor her for a visa. But I don't know any of the rules for that. If she were able to obtain USA citizenship, you could adopt her regardless of her age.
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