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Brazilian1901: No one has responded on here, but I have been researching more on my own and it actually looks like our daughter qualifies for the N600K application for US Citizenship. Since your wife is Brazilian, I would say that the process may be a little bit different? Either way, check out the N600K (which is for people who adopt abroad and plan to continue living abroad) and see if that would be something you qualify for should you adopt.

Hi!

My husband and I are both US citizens living abroad in Brazil with Legal Permanent Residency in the country of Brazil.

We adopted a Brazilian child through Brazilian domestic adoption laws (since we are LPR of Brazil) and she has been in our legal and physical custody now for 18 months. We plan to file the I-130 as soon as the two years of legal and physical custody are complete (August 23 of this year).

I sort of had a freak-out moment the other day when I read something that said some adopted children cannot qualify for immigration into the US even if they are legally adopted in the foreign country. Can someone enlighten me as to what type of circumstances would disqualify a child from immigration?

She is legally ours (has our last name on her Brazilian birth certificate as if she were born to us, signed adoption decree, everything).

I have read that after the I-130 is approved, our daughter will qualify for a visa under the IR-2 visa.

I'm just trying to get some affirmation here.

Thanks in adavance!