Wikileaks - adoption fraud - Italy
30 September 2009
Adoption Fraud
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ΒΆ16. (U) The Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and
Immigration Services (DHS/CIS) office in Rome is the sole office
responsible for adjudicating adoption cases within Mission Italy.
DHS/CIS in Rome does not currently maintain centralized statistics
relating to adoption fraud, but has not found incidents of fraud in
the recent past. No IR-3 or IR-4 visas for adopted children are
processed in Italy, because under Italian law, foreigners who intend
to adopt children from Italy are required to reside with the
children in Italy for three years before the adoption is finalized
and the children are allowed to depart the country. By that time,
the child would qualify for IR-2 status.