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Highlights

Retaining a Foreign Attorney
The Bureau of Consular Affairs website includes information devised primarily for the lay person confronted with a private legal problem abroad. It contains general practical suggestions for dealing with a foreign attorney. General information concerning foreign legal aid is also discussed.

Children's Passport Issuance Alert Program
This program enables the Department of State's Office of Children's Issues to notify a parent or court ordered legal guardian, when requested, before issuing a U.S. passport for his or her child.  [more]

Adopting Children From Other Countries
The Bureau of Consular Affairs provides information about the adoption processes in various countries and the U.S. legal requirements to bring a child adopted abroad to the United States.

  
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