FAQ / Where will Intercountry Adoptions Forms be Filed?

The filing procedures remain the same for non-Convention countries - See instructions for Form I-600A and Form I-600. For a Convention adoption, U.S. citizen prospective adoptive parent(s) residing in the United States should file their forms with the domestic USCIS field office having jurisdiction over their place of residence. U.S. citizen prospective adoptive parent(s) residing abroad may also continue to file with an overseas USCIS field office having jurisdiction over their residence. In addition, a United States consular office may accept the initial filing where there is no USCIS presence in the country of residence. However, all I-800A and I-800 forms received in the field offices (including overseas consular or USCIS offices) will be forwarded to the National Benefits Center where centralized processing will be conducted. Please note these filing procedures are currently under revision and any updates to current filing procedures will be provided on the USCIS website.