Immigration DNA Testing: it can get complicated
Posted on | September 3, 2010 | No Comments
Evens Colas, a US citizen who originally comes from Haiti has been trying to bring his two Haitian children to the US. Requirements are clear: Immigration DNA testing to prove they are really his biological children and things proceed from there. A paternity DNA test, essential to continue immigration procedures showed that Colas was not really the biological father of the children.
The island of Haiti is now razed to the sole, overturned and churned by the devastating effects of an earthquake that has killed tens of thousands of people. The children remained in Haiti throughout their lives and were raised by their mother who died in 2004. Evens Colas, a musician, commuted between the US and Haiti where his wife and children lived. Over the years, he has tried to bring his children over to the USA.
As part of the immigration process and the consequent naturalization of the children meant that he had to prove to the US government that he was the biological father of his children.
Colas was incredulous when he discovered the results of his immigration DNA test for paternity which showed an exclusion of paternity. He was sure these results were erroneous and thus, he took a second DNA paternity test in the hope that the first one may have been wrong. However, the second paternity test also showed an exclusion of paternity and thus, Colas was not the children’s biological father.
The children and Sue, Colas’ second wife, remain living in Haiti. Given the results of the immigration test, Colas could not bring the two children back into the US. The US government told him that he could return to Haiti and adopt the children. He could then have full rights over the children as their father. However, in Haiti, he was told by officials that he cannot adopt his own children and they were not interested in paternity DNA test results. The Haitian governments are only interested in what is on the birth certificate of the children. The US government wants him to adopt these children that the Haitian government tells him are already his. The issue is mind boggling to say the least. For those like Colas who are in the situation, it is highly stressful and frustrating.
Should some changes be done to immigration policies in the US and other Western countries? Everything is affected by long, convoluted bureaucratic red tape. Should the results of a paternity DNA test have mattered in such a situation in which someone that is not the biological father has brought up the children and was registered on their birth certificate? Immigration DNA testing has been a traumatic experience for Colas and still his case has not been solved
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