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        Original Date AnnouncedNovember 20, 2017PM 602-0095 sets forth when USCIS can find that the Hague Adoption Convention does not apply to the adoption in the United States of a child whose Country of Origin (COO) is another Hague Adoption Convention country. USCIS maintains that it is a competent authority to make a factual determination of habitual residence when a child is present in the United States and under certain circumstances USCIS may determine a child living in the United States is habitually resident in the United States. [ID #701] USCIS Policy Memorandum--PM-602-0095--Criteria for Determining Habitual Residence in the United States for Children from Hague Convention CountriesEffective DateNovember 20, 2017Current StatusFully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy StatusStatus: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: Agency DirectiveSubject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Family-Based CitizenshipAgencies Affected: USCIS Bureau of Consular AffairsAssociated or Derivative PoliciesPre Trump-Era Policies- 
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                    Interim version of guidance PM 602-0095 posted for comment on Jan. 3, 2014. Criteria for Determining Habitual Residence in the United States for Children from Hague Convention Countries
 
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