Please see the notice
on the State Department Consular Section website: Azerbaijan
Suspends Adoptions, June 14, 2004
Panel Physicians
- Note: Americans who are adopting a child in Azerbaijan are welcome to use the panel physicians in Baku to conduct the required medical examination for the child's
immigrant visa application. Please provide the consular officer
at the American Embassy in Baku with the medical
exam results in a sealed envelope as part of the Request for Orphan
Investigation (I-604).
The I-604
Orphan Investigation must always be conducted in the country where
a child was adopted. The consular officer at Embassy Baku will place the sealed medical exam results into another
sealed enveloped containing the results of the I-604
Orphan Investigation which should be hand-carried to the immigrant
visa interview at the American Embassy Tbilisi.
Additional Information and Adoption Resources
Azerbaijani Embassy in Washington, DC:
Embassy of Azerbaijan,
2741 34th Street, N.W.,
Washington , D.C. 20008
phone: 202-337-3500
e-mail azerbaijan@azembassy.com
URL: http://www.azembassy.com.
U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan:
83, Azadliq Av., Baku
URL: http://www.usembassybaku.org
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Prospective adoptive parents are strongly encouraged to consult INS publication M-249, The Immigration of Adopted and Prospective Adoptive Children, as well as the Department of State publication, International Adoptions.
QUESTIONS: You may contact The Office of Children's
Issues, SA-29, 2201 C Street NW, U.S. Department of State, Washington,
DC 20520
The toll free telephone number is 1-888-407-4747. This number is
available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Callers who are unable to
use toll-free numbers, such as those calling from overseas, may
obtain information and assistance during these hours by calling
1-317-472-2328.
See http://travel.state.gov/family/index.html
with specific questions.
Information is also available 24 hours a day from several sources:
- Telephone - Office of Children's Issues - Recorded information
regarding changes in adoption procedures and general information,
(202) 736-7000.
- State Department Visa Office - Recorded information concerning
immigrant visas for adoptive children, (202) 663-1225.
- Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (former INS)
- Recorded information for requesting immigrant visa application
forms, 1-800-870-FORM (3676).
- Internet - The Consular Affairs web site, at: http://travel.state.gov
contains international adoption information flyers and the International
Adoptions brochure.
Other information:
Consular Information Sheets - published by the
State Department and available for every country in the world, providing
information such as the location of the U.S. Embassy, health conditions,
political situations, and crime reports. The information is available
24 hours a day by calling the State Department's Office of Overseas
Citizens Services at (202) 647-5225. The recordings are updated
as new information becomes available, and are also accessible through
the the internet web site, as above.
Websites:
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/
The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse is a comprehensive
resource on all aspects of adoption.
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