Hague Accreditation Required For Intercountry Adoption Service Providers

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates Providers of intercountry adoption services in cases where a child immigrates to or emigrates from the United States for purposes of adoption, must be Hague accredited by July 14, 2014. This became a requirement when the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act (UAA) was signed by President Obama on January 14, 2013. COA's Hague Accreditation approval process can take 9-18 months to complete. Even if currently accredited by COA under their Intercountry Adoption Services (ICA) standard, providers still need to be Hague-accredited, as they are two separate standards. This was reported by . . .