Revised U.S. Foreign Services Manual Source:

Here is the link to the revised Foreign Services Manual that the U.S. State Department Personnel (i.e. U.S. Consulate Officers) are to follow in adoption related matters:

http://www.state.gov/m/a/dir/regs/fam/c22753.htm

These chapters pertain to adoptions from non-Hague and from Hague Countries:

Non-Hague Countries (i.e. Haiti, Ethiopia, Ghana):

-- 42.21 Immediate Relatives [57 Kb]

-- 42.21 Notes [355 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit I - Form I-604 Request for and Report on Overseas Orphan Investigation [219 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit II - Excerpt from 8 CFR 204.3 [66 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit III - Form I-600-A [408 Kb]

Hague Countries:

-- 42.21 Exhibit V - State Level Adoption Contacts [48 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit VI - Excerpt from 8 CFR 204.3(d) [50 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit VII - Excerpt from 8 CFR 204.4 [65 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit VIII - "Article 5" Letter of Convention Adoption [50 Kb]

-- 42.21 Exhibit IX - Hague Adoption Certificate [173 Kb]