News from China Center of Adoption Affairs

Issued by the Joint Council on International Children's Services:

"During a meeting with the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, Director General Lu announced that beginning December 1, 2009, all adoptive families must be registered with a Hague Accredited Adoption Service Provider (ASP). If an adoptive family is currently registered with a non-Accredited ASP, they are required to transfer their adoption to a Hague Accredited ASP no later than December 1, 2009. Director General Lu also clarified: families currently using the I-600A and I-600 process (non-Hague) may continue with this process. Families are not required to transfer to the I-800A and I-800 process, unless deemed necessary by the United State Government."