Immediate Relative-3 Category
The Immediate Relative-3 is the immigrant visa classification for children adopted under the laws of a foreign country. All children being adopted must be brought to the U.S. Embassy at the time of the interview for the immigrant visa. Once issued, the visa is valid 180 days from issuance.
The following are some requirements for the Immediate Relative-3:
- Completed Petition to Classify an Orphan as an Immediate Relative.
- Completed Immigrant Visa application signed by one parent on behalf of the child in the presence of a consular officer.
- Documents that show the child will not be a public charge in the U.S. (ex. job letter, tax returns, bank statement, proof of assets or I-864, Affidavit of Support).
- Results of child's immigrant visa physical examination and vaccination report.
- An Affidavit of Acknowledgement of Health Problems of Adopted Child, signed in front of a consular officer. This affidavit must include all health problems listed on the adoption decree and medical history of the children.
- Affidavit of Vaccinations Requirement Waiver signed in front of a consular officer. This is required for children 10 years old and younger.
- Immigrant fee of U.S. $335 cash, payable at the time of the interview.
- An original and copy of the adoption decree.
- An original and two copies of a birth certificate issued in the child's new adopted name.
- Two copies of the court decree declaring that the child is an orphan and/or unambiguously declaring that any surviving parents have no legal parental rights. If applicable, adopting parents may present two copies of a certificate of abandonment produced by the biological parents, the police or the hospital.
- Two notarized copies of the child's pre-adoption birth certificate.
- The original and a copy of the orphanage's medical report/medical history for the child.
- The original and a copy of the passport for the country of origin, issued in the child's new adopted name.
- The original and a copy of each of the adopting parents' passports.
- Two passport-size photographs of the child with a three-quarter profile, showing the right ear and a second one showing the frontal facial photo.