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Children's Issues

CHILDREN'S ISSUES: Current information on Guatemalan adoption procedures and the immigrant visa application process is available from the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy. Prospective adoptive parents are urged to check with the Consular Section to be sure that all required documentation has been approved by the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security and their child's adoption is complete and the “pink slip” issued before traveling to Guatemala to apply for their child's immigrant visa. Adoptive parents are also urged to carry with them complete adoption paperwork when traveling with their adopted child to, from, and within Guatemala. Although Guatemala acceded to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction in 2002, the U.S. has not accepted Guatemala 's accession. The treaty, therefore, is not in effect between Guatemala and the U.S.

For more information on international adoption of children and international parental child abduction, please refer to the Department of State's Internet site at http://travel.state.gov/children's-issues.html or telephone 1-888-407-4747. The OCS call center can answer general inquiries regarding international adoptions and abductions and will forward calls to the appropriate country officer in the Bureau of Consular Affairs. This number is available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Callers who are unable to use toll-free numbers, such as those calling from overseas, may obtain information and assistance during these hours by calling 1-317-472-2328.