Adoption To The United States
The United States is ranked as the number one destination for children adopted abroad, and since 2000, U.S. residents have adopted more children from China than any other country.
China first allowed adoptions to the United States in 1991, when 61 children were issued immigrant visas. Between 1991 and 2005, the number of American adoptions of Chinese children had increased tremendously, with a total of 62,906 children have been adopted by U.S. residents during that time. However in recent years, largely as a result of adoption scandals, the number of American adoptions of Chinese children declined from a high of 7,906, in 2005, to 2,587, in 2011. According to U.S. State Department statistics, the number of immigrant visas issued to Chinese orphans per year is as follows:
- FY 2011: 2,587
- FY 2010: 3,401
- FY 2009: 3,000
- FY 2008: 3,909
- FY 2007: 5,453
- FY 2006: 6,493
- FY 2005: 7,906
- FY 2004: 7,044
- FY 2003: 6,859
- FY 2002: 6,119
- FY 2001: 4,681
- FY 2000: 5,053
- FY 1999: 4,101
- FY 1998: 4,206
- FY 1997: 3,597
- FY 1996: 3,333
- FY 1995: 2,130
- FY 1994: 787
- FY 1993: 330
- FY 1992: 206
- FY 1991: 61
Read more about this topic: China Center Of Adoption Affairs
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