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| 10. | I am an adoptive parent. How do I petition to bring my son or daughter to the U.S.? | | | |
| | If you are a U.S. citizen and the adoptive parent of a child or son or daughter who lived with you in your legal custody for two years while a child, you must file the following with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: |
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Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative |  | | • |
A copy of your birth certificate or U.S. passport | | | • |
If you were not born in the U.S., a copy of either: | | | |
| Your Certificate of Naturalization or Citizenship or | |
| | Your U.S. passport |  |
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| A copy of the child’s birth certificate showing the child’s name | | | •
| A certified copy of the adoption decree (the adoption must have taken place before the child reached the age of 16, with only one exception: if you adopted the child’s sibling who had not yet reached age 16, the older sibling must have been adopted before reaching the age of 18) |
| | • | The legal custody decree if you obtained custody of the child before adoption |
| | • | A statement showing the dates and places your child has lived with you, and proof that your child has lived with you and
has been in your legal custody for at least two years |
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| | Note: If anyone’s name has been legally changed (if it differs from the name on his or her birth certificate), evidence of the name change must be submitted. |
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