Section 111-C. Adoption order from foreign country or foreign jurisdiction

1. A final judgment of adoption granted by a judicial, administrative or
  executive body of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States
  shall have the same force and effect in this state as that  given  to  a
  judgment of adoption entered by a court of competent jurisdiction of New
  York state, without additional proceedings or documentation provided:
    (a) either adopting parent is a resident of this state; and
    (b)  the  validity  of  the  foreign adoption has been verified by the
  granting of an IR-3 immigrant visa, or a successor immigrant  visa,  for
  the child by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or rule or regulation to
  the  contrary, an adoptive parent referred to in subdivision one of this
  section shall not be required to petition a  court  in  this  state  for
  adoption  of the child provided the conditions of paragraphs (a) and (b)
  of subdivision one of this section are met. The foreign  adoption  shall
  be  considered  "final"  under  the  laws  of  New  York  state upon the
  satisfaction of paragraphs (a)  and  (b)  of  subdivision  one  of  this
  section.
    3.  Either  adoptive  parent  or a guardian or a guardian ad litem may
  register the order in this state with the  judge  or  surrogate  of  the
  county  in  which  the adoptive parent or parents reside. A petition for
  registration of a foreign adoption order may be combined with a petition
  for a name change. If the court finds that the  foreign  adoption  order
  meets  the  requirements  of  subdivision one of this section, the court
  shall issue a finding as to aspects of the foreign adoption, to wit, the
  names of the adoptive parents, the name or names and reported birth date
  of the adoptive child, the country of the adoptive  child's  birth,  the
  country and the date of the foreign adoption, the state residency of the
  adoptive  parent  or parents and adoptive child, and a finding as to the
  date and issuance of an IR-3 immigrant visa; and, the court shall  issue
  an order of adoption to the party who has petitioned for such an order.
    4.  The judge or surrogate is hereby directed to expedite the issuance
  of an order of adoption pursuant to the provisions of subdivision  three
  of  this section in order to ensure minimal expense of time and money to
  the petitioning parties in attaining such order of adoption.