Adopting my niece

jimgreener

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I recently became citizen.I want to adopt my niece. My sister is not able to help her daughter with the education and her husband is not in a position to support her education.The only hope I have is to bring her here. She is 14 yrs old though. I am 35 and married and have a 5 yr old son.

My question is :
1. Will it be possible for me to adopt my niece?
2. What is the procedure?
3. How long will it take.

Thanks for your response
 
I am assuming your niece is overseas. If so, you will need to find out about the adoption rules in your home country. The adoption must be cleared there first and then you would be dealing with the US Embassy in that country to begin the immigration process. You cannot adopt a child from the US if they are overseas.
 
unless your niece is an orphan, you need to finalize adoption before she turns 16.
after that you must live with her (unless you can prove that she lived with you for at least 2 years prior to the adoption, you acted as her primary caregiver and you had a legal custody over her) for two years before she would become your "child" for immigration purpose
 
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