General Information

• Office of Children's Issues
• Office of Children's Issues Division of Responsibilities
• Child Support Enforcement Abroad

International Parental Child Abduction

• International Parental Child Abduction Booklet
• Application For Assistance Under the Hague Convention on Child Abduction
• Text of the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of Int'l Child Abduction
• International Child Abduction Remedies (ICARA)
• Hague Convention on Child Abduction Party Countries and Effective Dates
• Islamic Family Law
• Abduction - Marriage to Saudis
• Passport Assistance
• Prevention Letter
• Report on Compliance with the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• 10/14/99 Statement of Assistant Secretary Mary A. Ryan Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives on the Implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

Country-Specific Abduction Flyers

Access more information on child abduction from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

International Adoption

• Important Update on Adoption from Russia
• 10/20/99 Statement of Assistant Secretary Mary A. Ryan Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives on the Secretary Mary A. Ryan Before the Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
• Statement of Assistant Secretary Mary A. Ryan Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
• Adoption from Kosovo
• White House Press Release on the Convention in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
• Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption - Information Flyer
• International Adoption Safeguards
• Affidavit Concerning Exemption from Immigrant Vaccination Requirements for a Foreign Adopted Child
• International Adoptions: Guidelines on Immediate Relative Petitions
• International Adoptions
• Numbers of Immigrant Visas Issued to Orphans Coming to the U.S.

Country-Specific Adoption Flyers

Other Sources of Information

• You can read the 9 FAM (Volume 9 of the Foreign Affairs Manual) on Visas on the State Department's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) site.
• You can read the 7 FAM (Volume 7 of the Foreign Affairs Manual) on Consular Issues on the State Department's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) site.
• You can visit the State Department Authentications Office for information on authentication of documents.
• Access more information on international adoptions from the National Adoption Information Commission.
• Visit the Hague Conference on Private International Law home page at http://www.hcch.net.
• Access information from the FBI at http://www.fbi.gov.