Domestic adoption in Mexico

If you want your child to hold American citizenship, or to be able to visit the U.S. easily, I would adopt through the American international adoption process. You can adopt as an American even if you are married to a Mexican and/or living in Mexico. If you adopt as an American, you will go through Mexico's "plena" process. Do not attempt to go through Mexico's "simple" process, because it does not comply with Hague principles and could cause difficulty if you ever try to bring your child to the U.S. or get citizenship for him/her. Both Mexico and the U.S. are Hague countries. As a result, doing an adoption through the American process means following Hague regulations. You will need to work through a licensed, U.S. agency that is HAGUE ACCREDITED and approved by the Mexican authorities to place children with Americans. The agency will recommend a homestudy provider who can do your homestudy in Mexico, or you can see if the U.S. Embassy has a list of acceptable homestudy providers. Once you have an approved homestudy, you will file the I-800A with the USCIS and attach the homestudy report, the other documents requested, and the fee. The submission starts the Hague approval process by looking at your fitness to IMMIGRATE an orphan to the U.S., but you don't really need to immigrate; you will, however, need an immigrant visa for the child for an expedited citizenship trip. Your agency will work with you to put together a long list of documents that will need to be presented to the Mexican authorities. Since Mexican adoption rules differ by state and even by city, sometimes, although there are basic Mexican and Hague laws, your agency will probably recommend a particular region in which it has contacts and expertise. Eventually, the DIF will provide you with a referral of a child. Be aware that Mexico does not normally permit the adoption of healthy infants by foreigners, though an exception may be made for for people who have been living in Mexico. You may be offered a child over five, a child with special needs, etc. Talk to your agency and see if your situation makes you more eligible for a young, healthy child. You will then work with your agency to supply the U.S. government with paperwork that will allow it to determine that the child whom you were referred is eligible for an immigrant visa and make another review of your own approval to bring a child to the U.S. This paperwork will also provide the basis for determining that the adoption will meet Hague Convention requirements. You cannot and should not finalize your adoption in Mexico until you have U.S. approval. Once you have the necessary U.S. paperwork, you will work with the Mexican authorities, via your agency, to finalize the adoption. You will usually have to reside with the child for a period of time before finalization can occur, and you can't leave the country with the child during that period. That should be no problem for you. Once you finalize, you can work with the U.S. authorities to get a visa that will let you bring the child to the U.S. for the purpose of obtaining citizenship. With people living in the U.S., their child becomes a citizen as soon as he/she enters the U.S. However, with expats, you will have to go through an expedited process for naturalization and may have to spend a few weeks in the U.S.. Your agency or the U.S. Embassy should be able to advise you. I know that many expats living in Asia bring their kids to Hawaii, which processes citizenship pretty quickly. Whether it's as easy in a U.S. state like Texas or California is something I don't know. All in all, my recommendation, if you want your child to have the benefits of U.S. citizenship, and if there's even a remote chance that, someday, you may return to the U.S. to live, you really shouldn't use the "simple" process. Also, there's a good deal of corruption in the Mexican "simple" process, I'm told, and if you want to make sure that your adoption is absolutely legal and afforded appropriate protections to the child, the birthparents, and to you, the plena process is probably safer. Sharon

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