Adoptions
On April 1, 2008, the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the Convention) entered into legal force for the United States. Poland has been a Convention country since 1995.
To find out more about the processing of adoption cases from a Convention country please see the Hague Visa Process info on the website of the Children's Issues Office of the State Department.
The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw processes immigrant visas for children adopted in Poland. Belarus still has a moratorium on international adoptions. Both Latvia and Lithuania, previously processed in Warsaw, have resumed processing of their adoption cases. Before you travel to Warsaw to apply for a U.S. immigrant visa for your adopted child or children, please make sure that the Embassy has on file your I-800 petition for the child pre-approved by the Immigration Service, as well as your valid fingerprints results.
If you plan to adopt a child from Poland, please check our Polish Adoption Flyer for more detailed information. If you plan to adopt from Latvia or Lithuania, please follow the links to the U.S. Embassies located in Riga and Vilnius.
Before considering an adoption in Poland, you may contact the Office of Children’s Issues, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20520-4818, or this Embassy.
You may contact us by e-mail by writing to adoptwrw@state.gov, by fax at (48)(22)504-2039 or (48)(22)627-4734, or by phone at (48)(22)625-1401 or (48)(22)504-2106.