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B. If you were born outside the United States, submit a copy of one of the following:

(1) Certificate of Naturalization or Certificate of Citizenship issued by USCIS or the former Immigration and

Naturalization Service (INS);

(2) Form FS-240, Report of Birth Abroad of a Citizen of the United States, issued by a U.S. Embassy or U.S.

Consulate;

(3) An unexpired U.S. passport issued for 10 years; or

(4) An original statement from a U.S. consular officer verifying your U.S. citizenship with an unexpired passport.

NOTE: If you are married, and your spouse lives in the United States, you must submit proof that your spouse is

living in the United States lawfully. If your spouse is a U.S. citizen or non-citizen U.S. national, you must submit

evidence from Part A. or B. above as proof of your spouse's U.S. citizenship or non-citizen U.S. national status.

If your spouse is an alien who is residing in the United States, submit proof of your spouse's lawful immigration

status, such as: Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card; Form I-94, Arrival-Departure Record; a copy of the

biographic pages of your spouse's passport and his or her nonimmigrant visa pages showing an admission stamp;

or any other Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-issued document.

Proof of Marriage of Applicant and Spouse (if applicable)

If you are married, you must submit a copy of your marriage certificate. If you or your spouse were previously

married, you must also submit proof of termination of any prior marriages.

NOTE: If any change occurs in the your marital status while your application is pending, immediately notify the

USCIS office that has jurisdiction over your case.

3. Proof of Compliance with Pre-adoption Requirements (if any)

If you intend to adopt the child in the United States, you must provide evidence that any pre-adoption requirements of

the state of the orphan's proposed residence in the United States have been met. If you cannot submit this evidence

upon initial filing of your application under the laws of your state of proposed residence in the United States, you may

submit this evidence later. However, USCIS will not approve your Form I-600 petition for a specific child without it.

4. Home Study

You must submit a home study prepared according to the requirements specified in 8 CFR 204.311 by a person who is

authorized under 22 CFR 96 to prepare the home study.

NOTE: Effective July 14, 2014, 8 CFR 204.3(e) and certain definitions in 8 CFR 204.3(b) no longer apply unless a

case meets certain criteria specified in the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 (UAA), which

would exempt the case from UAA requirements. See the adoption-related pages on the USCIS website for more

information at

An authorized home study preparer must prepare your home study. The home study preparer (or, if the home study is

prepared by an entity, the officer or employee who has authority to sign the home study for the entity) must personally

sign the home study and any updated or amended home study under penalty of perjury under U.S. law.

A home study preparer is an individual or agency authorized to conduct home studies as a public domestic authority, a

public foreign authority, an accredited agency, approved person, supervised provider, or exempted provider

(see 8 CFR 204.301). The home study preparer (other than a public domestic authority or a public foreign authority)

must hold any license or other authorization that is required to conduct adoption home studies under the law of the

jurisdiction in which the home study is prepared. You should ask any adoption service provider whether they are

authorized to provide adoption services in connection with adoptions according to 22 CFR 96 before engaging that

provider's services.

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