Can I get a U.S. birth certificate if I have a passport?
You are correct that you had to be a US citizen to obtain a passport. A Certificate of Foreign Birth requires a re-adoption but some states also...
Mc Lean, VA
Adoption Lawyer at Mc Lean, VA
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You are correct that you had to be a US citizen to obtain a passport. A Certificate of Foreign Birth requires a re-adoption but some states also...
If you have a US Passport, you are a United States citizen. If you arrived in the US with a US Visa in the category of IR-3 (look in your Ukraine...
Contact means any contact, not just visitation. Contact must be with the child, not a custodian. So a card to the child would probably be...
I would suggest that you consult with an attorney to make sure everything is done correctly.
Once your adoption was completed, Virginia would have mailed a certified copy of the Adoption Report Form to NJ but then you would have to file the...
The law you refer to is one that I drafted and proposed to the Virginia legislature. The birth mother will need to be noticed (by either being...
It is possible but difficult. The child would have to meet the USCIS definition of orphan. Then you would need a Virginia home study, file an...
In Virginia, our law says the Court shall waive the birth parents' consent to the adoption if the birth parent has failed to have contact for at...
You should review your case in detail with an experienced adoption attorney. Based upon your inquiry, you should be able to proceed but the...
The easiest way is if your daughter's birth father would sign a Consent to Adoption and then we could ask the Court to waive the investigation and...