A Crisis

September 4, 2008. I-600/A and I-800/A Crisis. The Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 clearly mandated that potential adoptive parents who had previously filed an I-600A in connection with an adoption from a Hague country prior to April 1, 2008 would be allowed to continue to follow the I-600/A procedures and use the I-600/A forms. The 2007 State Department Frequently Asked Questions document reiterated this commitment. However, Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department have now changed their minds. Officials have instead declared that PAPs may have one free renewal of the I-600A and then must switch to an I-800/A process. Such a postion is contrary to the letter and spirit of the IAA. Moreover, it puts in jeopardy thousands of in-process adoptions, particularly from China. We are doing everything we can to reverse this decision. Grandfathered must mean grandfathered.