[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR204.300]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 204_IMMIGRANT PETITIONS--Table of Contents
 
         Subpart C_Intercountry Adoption of a Convention Adoptee
 
Sec. 204.300  Scope of this subpart.

    Source: 72 FR 56854, Oct. 4, 2007, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Convention adoptees. This subpart governs the adjudication of a 
Form I-800A or Form I-800 for a Convention adoptee under section 
101(b)(1)(G) of the Act. The provisions of this subpart enter into force 
on the Convention effective date, as defined in 8 CFR 204.301.
    (b) Orphan cases. On or after the Convention effective date, no Form 
I-600A or I-600 may be filed under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Act and 8 
CFR 204.3 in relation to the adoption of a child who is habitually 
resident in a Convention country. If a Form I-600A or Form I-600 was 
filed before the Convention effective date, the case will continue to be 
governed by 8 CFR 204.3, as in effect before the Convention effective 
date.
    (c) Adopted children. This subpart does not apply to the immigrant 
visa classification of adopted children, as defined in section 
101(b)(1)(E) of the Act. For the procedures that govern classification 
of adopted children as defined in section 101(b)(1)(E) of the Act, see 8 
CFR 204.2.