Adopting a Child in Guatemala

• Adoptions in Guatemala


• NOTICE: New PGN Plans to Review of All Adoption Cases Currently in PGN (04/29/2008)
• WARNING: Adoptions Initiated in Guatemala on or after April 1, 2008 (04/01/2008)
• UPDATE: The Registration Period has Ended for Registering In-Process Cases with the National Adoption Council (02/13/2008)
• UPDATE: Registration of Pending Adoption Cases (02/08/2008)
• Registering In-Process Cases with the National Adoption Council (01/29/2008)
• WARNING: Adoptions Initiated on or after December 31, 2007 in Guatemala (01/09/2008)
• Guatemalan Congress Passes Adoption Legislation (12/14/2007)
• U.S. Deposits Instrument of Ratification of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (12/12/2007)
• U.S. Embassy Statement Regarding Passage of Adoption Law (12/11/2007)
• U.S. Embassy Statement Regarding International Adoption (11/28/07)
• U.S. on Track to Join Hague Intercountry Adoption Convention in December(11/19/07)
• "Pink Slip" Processing Change (11/15/07)
• Update on Adoptions in Guatemala (11/09/07)
• Department of State Urges Citizens Not To Start Adoptions in Guatemala (09/28/07)
• Government of Guatemala Announcement about Casa Quivira (08/20/07)
• U.S. Embassy Announcement about Casa Quivira (08/14/07)
• Frequently Asked Questions: Requirement for a Second DNA Test in Orphan Immigrant Visa Cases (08/09/07)
• U.S. Embassy Uses DNA Testing to Protect Children Adopted in Guatemala (08/02/07)
• Guatemala Status of Intercountry Adoptions and the Hague Convention (06/13/07)
• Guatemalan Congress Confirms Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption (updated 06/04/07)
• USCIS Updates Guatemalan Adoptions Processing Time (5/17/07)
• U.S. Law, The Hague Adoption Convention and Guatemala (05/16/07)
• Assistant Secretary Maura Harty Meets with Guatemalan First Lady (04/03/07)
• U.S. Embassy Guatemala: "Pink Slip" Processing Change (03/19/07)
• Frequently Asked Questions: Prospective Adoptive Parents of Guatemalan Children (03/14/07)
• Announcement of "Manual of Good Practices" in Guatemalan Adoptions (03/02/07)
• Guatemala Status of Intercountry Adoptions (03/01/07)
• Guatemala: Adoption Service Provider Under Investigation (2/09/07)
• U.S. Embassy Guatemala Immigrant Visa Issuance (2/06/07)
• Guatemala Country Specific Flyer (2/01/07)


• Intercountry Adoptions and the Hague Convention: Guatemala (12/15/06)
• Frequently Asked Questions

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Amb. Maura Harty

Ambassador Maura Harty Visited Guatemala: Upcoming Ratification of The Hague Convention by the United States Prompted Her Visit

The highest ranking U.S. government officer on the issue of intercountry adoptions visited Guatemala January 11-12, 2007. During her visit, Ambassador Harty discussed the implications for adoptions in Guatemala, the upcoming implementation by the United States of The Hague Convention, to take place in 2007.

• The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption
• Additional Information about the Implementation of The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions in the United States
• Biography of Ambassador Maura Harty