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Robert, it would be wonderful if Anu could adopt from India.

However, the U.S. government will not, under any circumstances, grant an adoption visa to a child, unless one parent is a U.S. citizen. This is part of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act. Anu and her spouse are green card holders and won't become citizens till 2009 or later.

So even if Anu managed to complete a NRI adoption, from the perspective of Indian law, the child could not come to the U.S., unless she and/or her spouse left the U.S., moved to India for two years, lived with the child during that period, and then applied for a regular visa for her.


Sharon