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ALTHOUGH THE CHILD’S IMMIGRANT VISA HAD BEEN LOST, THE PROOF DEMONSTRATED THAT THE CHILD MUST HAVE BEEN ISSUED THE APPROPRIATE VISA AND THAT, THEREFORE, PETITIONER WAS ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION OF A FOREIGN ADOPTION AND AN ORDER OF ADOPTION FOR THE CHILD (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Ford, determined petitioner was entitled to registration of foreign adoption and an order of adoption for the child who was born in China based upon proof the child must have been admitted to the US with an IR-3 or IH-3 immigrant visa, which had been lost:

… [T]the petitioner, a New York resident, was unable to annex a copy of the child’s immigrant visa to the petition because it had been lost. However, the petitioner provided an affidavit averring that the child had been issued the relevant immigrant visa and a copy of the replacement Certificate of Citizenship, issued by USCIS, showing that the child became a United States citizen only nine days after her adoption. The record shows that the child would not have been able to automatically obtain a Certificate of Citizenship if she had not possessed the appropriate immigrant visa. Under these circumstances, we conclude that the foreign adoption order meets the requirements of Domestic Relations Law § 111-c(1), including the requirement that “the validity of the foreign adoption has been verified by the granting of an IR-3, IH-3, or a successor immigrant visa” (see id. § 111-c[1][b]). Indeed, to determine otherwise would defeat the intention of Domestic Relations Law § 111-c to protect adoptive families from unnecessary effort and expense. Matter of Lily, 2025 NY Slip Op 00448, Second Dept 1-29-25

Practice Point: Here, although the child’s immigrant visa has been lost, the proof demonstrated the child must have been issued the appropriate visa. Therefore the court should have issued a registration of foreign adoption and an order of adoption for the child (born in China).

 

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