Adopting kids in DMV area, we have G4 visas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Okay. The nastiness if you’re response made you lose all credibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Okay. The nastiness if you’re response made you lose all credibility.

LOL please don't ever stop believing that only nice people tell the truth. Don't work on your writing either, it's perfect just the way it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Depending on the circumstances and type of adoption, it’s very likely the person won’t have an original Us birth certificate. It may be changed upon adoption and the original will be sealed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Okay. The nastiness if you’re response made you lose all credibility.

LOL please don't ever stop believing that only nice people tell the truth. Don't work on your writing either, it's perfect just the way it is.

Why are you so angry?

Did every adoption agency reject you or something? You seem really triggered by this thread. Therapy can help btw.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Depending on the circumstances and type of adoption, it’s very likely the person won’t have an original Us birth certificate. It may be changed upon adoption and the original will be sealed.

If the child is adopted in the US/born in the US, child will still have a US birth certificate. Parents would have to apply for citizenship in their county depending on their countries rules. Some countries allow dual citizenship, others done. It would be pretty complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

What are you talking about? Parents would have to apply for citizenship in their country for their child. Then, kid either gets dual citizenship, citizenship till 18 and has to choose a country or when they apply for new citizenship give up the US. It really depends on the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

What are you talking about? Parents would have to apply for citizenship in their country for their child. Then, kid either gets dual citizenship, citizenship till 18 and has to choose a country or when they apply for new citizenship give up the US. It really depends on the country.

That wasn't the question. The question was whether an American-born baby adopted by foreign parents will retain his or her American citizenship. The answer is unquestionably, unreservedly yes. He or she will. As long as he or she can produce a birth certificate proving that the baby was born in the U.S., an American passport will be issued to them in any U.S. embassy on earth. Nothing except a fact of adult renunciation will rid this baby of his or her U.S. citizenship. It doesn't matter what the parents do. It doesn't matter what their new country does or does not do. If a baby is born in the U.S., that baby is entitled to the U.S. passport, end of story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Depending on the circumstances and type of adoption, it’s very likely the person won’t have an original Us birth certificate. It may be changed upon adoption and the original will be sealed.

And that is why I said as long as they can produce proof of birth in the U.S., their passport is all but there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't a G4 visa a nonimmigrant visa given to people working at an international organization? How could you foster or adopt if you have no security in staying in the country?

She probably cannot foster but adopt? Come on. Americans adopt kids from other countries all the time. Why not adopt an American child and move him elsewhere? He or she will retain their citizenship regardless.

This sounds inaccurate. Once the adoption is final, the child will have the citizenship of his/her parents. I’ve known many people who adopted from abroad — the Chinese baby became American like her parents, same for the Nigerian and Guatemalan babies. I have never heard of an adopted child being able to keep her citizenship of birth after an overseas adoption is completed. It would be very surprising if American adoptees were allowed to do so. The whole situation sounds bizarre.

It doesn't really matter what it sounds like to you. The baby may obtain the citizenship of their adopted parents but all that baby has to do after 18 is walk into a U.S. Embassy anywhere on the planet and produce a birth certificate proving they were born inside the U.S. Whatever happened to them after they climbed out of someone's vagina in the U.S. is irrelevant. If born here, they are a citizen.

Okay. The nastiness if you’re response made you lose all credibility.

LOL please don't ever stop believing that only nice people tell the truth. Don't work on your writing either, it's perfect just the way it is.

Why are you so angry?

Did every adoption agency reject you or something? You seem really triggered by this thread. Therapy can help btw.

Stupidity posing as expertise is my trigger.

[Anonymous]

Go to the Barker Foundation and have a first meeting with them and see what they say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Barker Foundation and have a first meeting with them and see what they say.

Avoid them at any cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Barker Foundation and have a first meeting with them and see what they say.

Avoid them at any cost.

Why?

[Anonymous]

OP, your first step should be to consult with a good lawyer to find out if your visas even permit you to foster/adopt. Jennifer Fairfax is an excellent lawyer and she has her office in Silver Spring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Go to the Barker Foundation and have a first meeting with them and see what they say.

Avoid them at any cost.

Why?

We and others we know had a really bad experience in their domestic program. International is supposed to be better.