Can U.S. citzens adopt children from Afghanistan?
At the moment, there is no adoption under Afghan law, only guardianship, which, as we understand the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security and the Board of Immigration Appeals may deem insufficient for the purposes of immigration under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Guardianship refers to sponsoring Afghan children to travel to the U.S. for obtaining an educational opportunity and etc. We occasionally received inquiries from kind and concerned citizens concerned about the plight of the children of Afghanistan and offering the possibility of adopting them. We appreciate very much your support and friendship, but regret that at this time, it is not possible to adopt Afghan children, for the aforementioned reasons.
