Hi, my wife and I live in Haiti with the two children we will be adopting. Although we are both us citizens, we would like to adopt them as Haitian residents ( we meet the requirements to do so) and then immigrate them on an IR-2 visa. We know we need both physical and legal guardianship for 2 years as well as an adoption decree. We have talked to a US immigration attorney about our case and she isn't sure if it's even possible for people to immigrate children this way once a country has ratified the haugue. Does anyone know if this is a possibility still? Are IR-2 visas only available for non-haugue countries?
Also, what would we need to prove we are "habitually" residing here in Haiti based on US standards? We are legal Haitian residents, pay taxes here, and have many vehicles in our names. The attorney we have talked to doesn't know what we need to qualify for this.
Thanks!
Hopefully it will work out this time. but if not, isn't this more an adoption question than immigration? Maybe adoption support groups could offer advice, or an adoption attorney?
