(410 ILCS 535/16.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 73-16.1)

Sec. 16.1. When it appears from a certificate of adoption transmitted to the State Registrar of Vital Records, pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of this Act, that the child was born outside of the United States or its Territories, then, upon submission to the State Registrar of Vital Records of evidence as to the child's birth date and birthplace provided by the original birth certificate, or by a certified copy, extract, or translation thereof or by other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto), the State Registrar of Vital Records shall make and file a Record of Foreign Birth. The State Registrar of Vital Records may make and file a Record of Foreign Birth for a person born in a foreign country who has been granted an IR-3 or IH-3 visa by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the Immigration and Nationality Act and who was adopted under the laws of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States by an adopting parent who is a resident of this State upon the submission to the State Registrar of Vital Records of: (1) evidence as to the child's birth date and birthplace (including the country of birth and if available, the city and province of birth) provided by the original birth certificate, or by a certified copy, extract, or translation thereof or by other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto); (2) a certified copy, extract, or translation of the adoption decree or by other document essentially equivalent thereto (the records of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services or of the U.S. Department of State to be considered essentially equivalent thereto); (3) a copy of the IR-3 or IH-3 visa; and (4) the name and address of the adoption agency that handled the adoption. The Record of Foreign Birth shall include the actual place and date of birth, the child's name and parentage as ordered in the judgment of adoption and any other necessary facts.

Upon the specific written request by the person to whom the Record of Foreign Birth relates or by his or her legal representative, or by an agency of local, state or federal government, or upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction and upon payment of a fee of $5 by the applicant, the State Registrar of Vital Records shall issue to such applicant one certification or a certified copy of the specified Record of Foreign Birth.

Upon receipt of a certified copy of a court order of annulment of adoption or a court order vacating a judgment of adoption of an adopted person for whom a Record of Foreign Birth has been made and filed under the provisions of this Section the State Registrar of Vital Records shall nullify and void such Record of Foreign Birth by entering on its face the statement "This Record is declared null and void upon the basis of a court judgment annulling or vacating this adoption upon which this Record is based" and a notation identifying the court judgment.

The provisions of this Section shall also be applicable to, and shall inure to the benefit of all persons for whom a judgment of adoption has been entered in a court in this State prior to August 26, 1963. In such cases the applicant shall furnish the State Registrar of Vital Records with a certified copy of the adoption judgment together with affidavits as to the personal particulars of the foster parents in lieu of the certificate of adoption specified in Section 16 of this Act. In every case wherein the State Registrar of Vital Records has previously been furnished with a certificate of adoption involving a foreign born child adopted in Illinois, a certified copy of the adoption judgment and affidavits of personal particulars are not necessary, but the State Registrar of Vital Records shall make and file a Record of Foreign Birth in the same manner and fashion as if the certificate of adoption has been furnished him after August 26, 1963.

(Source: P.A. 97-445, eff. 8-19-11.)