International Adoption Simplification Act
PL 111-287 (S.1376), enacted 11/30/2010

124 STAT. 3058 
PUBLIC LAW 111–287—NOV. 30, 2010 
Public Law 111–287 
111th Congress 
An Act 
To restore immunization and sibling age exemptions for children adopted by United 
States citizens under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption to allow 
their admission into the United States. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘International Adoption Simplification 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM VACCINATION DOCUMENTATION REQUIRE-
MENT. 
Section 212(a)(1)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
101(b)(1)(F),’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 
101(b)(1);’’. 
SEC. 3. SIBLING ADOPTIONS. 
Section 101(b)(1)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(G)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(G)(i) a child, younger than 16 years of age at the 
time a petition is filed on the child’s behalf to accord 
a classification as an immediate relative under section 
201(b), who has been adopted in a foreign state that is 
a party to the Convention on Protection of Children and 
Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, done at 
The Hague on May 29, 1993, or who is emigrating from 
such a foreign state to be adopted in the United States 
by a United States citizen and spouse jointly or by an 
unmarried United States citizen who is at least 25 years 
of age, Provided, That— 
‘‘(I) the Secretary of Homeland Security is satisfied 
that proper care will be furnished the child if admitted 
to the United States; 
‘‘(II) the child’s natural parents (or parent, in the 
case of a child who has one sole or surviving parent 
because of the death or disappearance of, abandonment 
or desertion by, the other parent), or other persons 
or institutions that retain legal custody of the child, 
have freely given their written irrevocable consent to 
the termination of their legal relationship with the 
child, and to the child’s emigration and adoption; 
International 
Adoption 
Simplification 
Act. 
8 USC 1101 note. 
Nov. 30, 2010 
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‘‘(III) in the case of a child having two living nat-
ural parents, the natural parents are incapable of pro-
viding proper care for the child; 
‘‘(IV) the Secretary of Homeland Security is satis-
fied that the purpose of the adoption is to form a 
bona fide parent-child relationship, and the parent- 
child relationship of the child and the natural parents 
has been terminated (and in carrying out both obliga-
tions under this subclause the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may consider whether there is a petition 
pending to confer immigrant status on one or both 
of such natural parents); and 
‘‘(V) in the case of a child who has not been 
adopted— 
‘‘(aa) the competent authority of the foreign 
state has approved the child’s emigration to the 
United States for the purpose of adoption by the 
prospective adoptive parent or parents; and 
‘‘(bb) the prospective adoptive parent or par-
ents has or have complied with any pre-adoption 
requirements of the child’s proposed residence; and 
‘‘(ii) except that no natural parent or prior adoptive 
parent of any such child shall thereafter, by virtue of 
such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status 
under this chapter; or 
‘‘(iii) subject to the same provisos as in clauses (i) 
and (ii), a child who— 
‘‘(I) is a natural sibling of a child described in 
clause (i), subparagraph (E)(i), or subparagraph (F)(i); 
‘‘(II) was adopted abroad, or is coming to the 
United States for adoption, by the adoptive parent 
(or prospective adoptive parent) or parents of the sib-
ling described in clause (i), subparagraph (E)(i), or 
subparagraph (F)(i); and 
‘‘(III) is otherwise described in clause (i), except 
that the child is younger than 18 years of age at 
the time a petition is filed on his or her behalf for 
classification as an immediate relative under section 
201(b).’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—An alien who is described in section 
101(b)(1)(G)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added 
by section 3, and attained 18 years of age on or after April 1, 
2008, shall be deemed to meet the age requirement specified in 
subclause (III) of such section if a petition for classification of 
the alien as an immediate relative under section 201(b) of the 
Deadline. 
8 USC 1101 note. 
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PUBLIC LAW 111–287—NOV. 30, 2010 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1376: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 111–220 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 156 (2010): 
July 21, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 15, considered and passed House. 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)) is filed not 
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved November 30, 2010. 
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