International Adoption Guide

• Adoption Home
• Before adopting
  • IVF vs Adoption
  • Deciding to Adopt
  • Adoption Can Boost Quality of Life for Infertile Couples
  • Will you be able to adopt?
    • Eligibility Criteria
    • Health Issues
    • Smoking
    • Age
    • Single Parents
    • Same sex couples
    • Support for your adoption
    • Aging Parents
    • Number of bedrooms
    • Birth children
    • Multiple marriages
    • Adoption self-assessment checklist
  • The Children
    • What is an orphan?
    • How does one become an orphan?
    • What happens to orphans
      • Success of International Adoption
    • Health of the Children
    • Life in an orphanage
    • Some children from Russia who have been adopted
    • Statistics on number of oprhans in the world
  • Life in an orphanage
  • Parenting someone else's child
• Adoption process
  • Congratulations!
  • The Process
  • Paperwork
  • Children Come First
    • Confidentiality
  • Country Guidelines
    • China
      • Prospective Parents Eligibility Criteria
      • The Procedure
      • Documents required for adoption in China
      • Preparing your dossier
      • Exit formalities
      • Post Placement Reports
    • Ethiopia
      • Prospective Parents Eligibility Criteria
      • Children Available for adoption
    • India
      • Prospective Parents Eligibility Criteria
      • The Procedure
      • Guide lines for Adoption Process
      • Definition of terms in Indian adoption process
      • Documents needed for Indian
      • Glossary of Terms
    • Pakistan
    • Russia
    • Poland
    • Kyrgyzstan
    • Uganda
    • Designated List of Countries
    • Bulgaria
      • Ministry of Justice
      • Conditions and Procedures
      • The registers of children and adoptive parents
      • Accredited Adoption Agencies
      • Role of Accredited Adoption Agencies
      • Register of children available for adoption
      • Prospective Parents Register
      • Family Code
      • Family Code on Inter-country Adoption
      • Special Needs Adoption
      • Statistics of Children adopted from Bulgaria
      • Bulgaria and the Hague Convention
      • Guidelines for Inter-country adoption
      • Statistics on Matching by Adoption Council
      • Criteria used when considering prospective parents
      • Legal Procedure for Meeting Your Child
      • Bulgarian Adoption Agencies
    • Romania
      • From Romania With Love
    • Colombia
      • General requirements of adoption process
      • Documents needed for Columbian adoption
      • Authorized institutions in Columbia
      • Who can adopt?
      • Adoption process
      • Statistics on Columbian adoptions
      • Children available for adoption
    • Vietnam
    • Sri Lanka
    • Kazakhstan
    • South Africa
  • Be Ready
    • Social Workers first visit
    • Social Workers first visit
    • Word of advice
    • Telling Friends and Family
    • Key Assessment Criteria
  • Stage One: First phone call to Certificate of Eligibility
    • The Adoption Agency
    • The social worker
    • What does the social worker need to know?
    • Medical Checks
    • The first telephone call
    • Initial consultation
      • Adoption Agencies viewpoint
    • Preparation Course
      • Structure of Preparation Course
      • Preparation for Adoption
    • The Homestudy
      • Preparation for the Home Study
      • The Homestudy in a Nutshell
      • Emotional effects of Homestudy process
      • Aims of the Homestudy
      • The social workers interview technique
      • References
        • FAQ re References
        • Former Partners
      • The make up of the Homestudy Form
      • Loss
      • Elderly Parents
      • Financial considerations
      • Understanding of your potential child
      • Your Life History
      • Negative Events
      • Experience of Looking after Children
      • Formal Application
      • Confidentiality
      • Race and Nationality
      • Topics covered in Part 1
      • Matching considerations
      • Personal and Family Profile
      • Family children lifestyle
      • Post adoption considerations
      • If adopting a disabled child
      • Social workers assessment
      • Applicant Declaration
      • Health
    • Police Checks
      • The Criminal Records Bureau
    • Home Study Report
    • The Panel
      • Details of The Adoption Panel
      • Preparing for the Panel interview
      • Panel Decision
      • Failing Panel
    • Support groups
    • Certificate of Eligibility
    • Independent Review Mechanism
      • Step by Step Guide
      • How to apply for independent review
      • The IRM Panel
      • Example biographies of Review Panel Members
      • More information on the IRM
    • Specific Questions and Answers
  • Stage Two: Suitability to agreed Match
    • Department for Education
    • Choosing an Adoption Agency
    • Additional Documents
    • Orphanages
    • Making the decision
    • Tips for considering a child exposed to alcohol or drugs
    • Medical Guide to take with you
  • Academic papers
    • Children Need International adoption
    • Researchers Investigating International Adoption
    • INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION: THE CHILD'S STORY
    • Study finds how child abuse affects the brain
    • Outcomes of Romanian adopted children
    • Parent Cooperation Vital for Raising Adopted Children
    • Parent Cooperation Vital for Raising Adopted Children
    • Parent Cooperation Vital for Raising Adopted Children
    • The role of social workers in intercountry adoption
  • The Adoption Act
  • Ex-Pat Adoptions
    • Border Agency rules on immigration and adoption
  • UNICEFs stance on International Adoption
  • Cost of adoption
  • Passport applications for newly adopted children
• International Adoption Guide
• Personal Adoption Consultation
  • Personal Consultation
  • Find out the 50 steps
• About
  • My adoption story
  • Thinking of adopting internationally?
    • How many children are adopted internationally?
  • Reviews about International Adoption Guide
  • Successful adoptions into the UK
    • A Child From Guatemala
    • Marina Our Precious Daughter
    • The Long Wait for our Beautiful Child
    • From Russia to love
  • Next steps
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  • Testimonials
  • Legal
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Privacy policy
    • Disclaimer
  • Dedication
  • When you close inter-country adoptions
  • Brief History of adoption
  • Adoptions into Northern Ireland
  • UNICEF's agreement on Intercountry Adoption
• News
  • New adoption guidelines: Bombay
  • India - more girls then boys adopted
  • Pakistan begins to register her orphans
  • Horrendous poverty in Kenyan orphanages
  • India adoption by single male
  • Latest on Russian adoptions
  • Saudi Arabia moving orphans into Foster care
  • Italy court OKs landmark gay adoption case
  • Update: Indian Adoptions
  • Kyrgyzstan resumes International Adoptions
  • News archive
    • BBC progamme on inter-country adoption
    • South African proadopters ask for changes in adoption rules
    • Trans-racial adoption
    • India extended its temporary closure
    • Vietnam ratifies Hague Convention
  • Congolese wait is over
  • Nepal opens doors to inter-country adoption
  • Russia makes changes in law to protect its adopted children
  • Chinese break trafficking network
  • UNICEF commends Vietnam
  • Indian private adoption agency closes
  • Machine Guns and a Sweet Baby Girl
  • Haiti Two Years On
  • Post Adoption Centre extends advice line phone hours
  • UK Border Agency in Russia
  • Transformative effects of adoption
  • Society Putin Urges Limiting Foreign Adoption of Russian Kids
  • New UK Adoption Legislation
  • No change to adoption law for gays in Northern Ireland
  • Ukraine: Reform of the Internats
  • South Australia to formally apologise for forced adoptions
  • Muslim Anti Adoption Benefits Terrorism
  • Government of Laos Announces Suspension of Intercountry Adoption
  • Ethiopian government travel to China to learn about inter-country adoption
  • Romania New Adoption Law in Effect
  • Romania New Adoption Law in Effect
  • Romania New Adoption Law in Effect
  • Expert Opinion on Adoption Support
  • Ethiopian Delegation Visits China to Share InterCountry Adoptions
  • Spain's Stolen Children
  • Suspension of Adoptions Lifted in Sierra Leone
  • “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”
  • Indian adoptions to be quicker
  • Delays in placing children
  • Adoptive mother who returned son charged
  • Doctors root for adoption over in vitro fertilization
  • Bulgarian Journalist Sentenced for Excellent Work, Community Outraged
  • Adopting From Africa: The Complicated Truth Behind A Celebrity Fad
  • Forced adoption apology a 'significant step' for healing
  • Kenyan Ministry reassures on funds for orphans
  • Out of Ethiopia: Is international adoption an ethical business?
  • France to pass gay marriage, adoption law
  • Church in Zimbabwe builds orphanage
  • Church in Zimbabwe builds orphanage
  • Chinese orphans chained together
  • China may broaden adoption law
  • Agreement between US and Russia
  • South Africa would rather foster than adopt
  • India adoptions no longer a stigma
  • The international adoption system has broken down
  • Over one million orphans in Ghana
  • Morocco closes its doors to inter-country adoption
  • Generation of Orphans: South Africa’s Children of AIDS
  • Iraq conflict: Crisis of an orphaned generation
  • Haiti to fix broken adoption system
  • Inter-country adoptions from India
  • Ethiopian Adoptee Wins Legal Case to Revoke Adoption
  • French Assembly passes gay marriage, adoption bill
  • Two French charity workers jailed in 'false orphans' case
  • China seeks to change adoption laws
  • Almost 120 000 orphans available for adoption in Russia
  • Gay family Right to adopt
  • Adoption best way for happiness
  • Ireland family in court to get recognition for adoption
  • Adoption: Support and benefits set out in government guide
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Adopting Frozen Embryos...
  • U.S. – Ireland Operating Arrangement for Outgoing Adoptions of U.S. Children by Irish Prospective Adoptive Parents
  • U.S. Parents Take Child Adoption Plea to Washington
  • UNICEF say number orphans declining
  • The Increasing Problem of AIDS Orphans in Africa
  • Orphans, families in agonizing limbo
  • Oona King's speech to House of Lords on adoption
  • South Korea joins Hague
  • Russia may ban French Same-sex Couples
  • Ireland number of intercountry adoptions fall
  • Adoptee returns to birth country with accusations of kidnap
  • Kazakhstan Reiterates American Adoption Ban
  • China to place ban on private orphan shelters
  • China has over half a million orphans
  • Where is the Post Adoption Support?
  • Jamica Adoption rules under review
  • Indian adoptions in Gulf halted
  • The horrors that vulnerable children face
  • The horrors that vulnerable children face
  • The horrors that vulnerable children face
  • The horrors that vulnerable children face
  • The horrors that vulnerable children face
  • America Has its Own Orphan Crisis
  • China Supervises Use of Orphan Aid Funds
  • Russia stops UK single's from adopting
  • Canada stops adoptions from Pakistan
  • Inter-country adoptions from Slovakia
  • Adoption Day in Ukraine
  • South Africa and Holland sign adoption agreement
  • Orphans vent Grief over Bangladash Tragedy
  • Orphans vent Grief over Bangladash Tragedy
  • Only one of the US Russian orphans has been adopted
  • Russia-US agreement annulled
  • Kyrgyzstan resumes International Adoptions
  • Foster care takes root in India
  • India Supreme Court gives adoption rights to Muslims
  • New identiies for adopted children
  • Single mums just as happy as mothers in relationships
  • Japan’s orphans neglected: HRW
  • Chance for SA orphans with agreement with Australia
  • South African adoptions down while orphan numbers up
  • Chinese orphans given free health insurance
  • India to revise adoption guidelines
  • Brits no longer able to adopt children in Singapore
  • India: less than 20000 children adopted in 4 Years
  • Great News for Indian adoptions
  • Orphans political pawns in the war for Eastern Europe
  • Death of Adopted Russian Boy in Italy Sparks Outrage
  • Of the 8 million kids in institutions worldwide, more than 90% aren't orphans
  • Kashmir has over 0.2 million orphans
  • UN 1,500 new orphans as a result of Israeli war
  • Woman wins permission to look at late father's adoption files
  • U.S. to restart inter-country adoption program with Vietnam
  • Spain and Russia Sign Partnership Agreement on Adoption
  • ‘Full horror’ of suffering of Russian orphans is unveiled
  • Spain and Russia Sign Partnership Agreement on Adoption
  • Greece: 7 arrested in illegal adoption ring
  • Ebola orphans shunned
  • Government adoption reforms only impacting on younger children, says charity
  • Congratulations to R and N and little one!
  • The Truth of Orpans
  • Teenager wins International Children's Award for her orphan work
  • Irish Adoption Reforms
  • Nepal
  • Russia number of orphans dropping
  • China chages its adoption criteria
  • We are all children of the Universe
  • Adoption in the News
  • Loving foster homes repaired brain damage of Romanian orphan
  • Cambodia to resume foreign adoption
  • Not looking good for Indian adoptions
  • Kazahkstan to invest in adoption
  • Kenya ban revoked
  • India - eases up regulations for passport applications for adopted children
  • Adoptions Northern Ireland
  • Anyone can adopt from India
  • NAMIBIA JOINS THE 1993 INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION CONVENTION
  • A new Play regarding adoption from the 60s
  • Hair test in child protection goes wrong
  • Congo drafts new adoption legislation
  • There are very few children in the UK to adopt
  • 7719 people applied to adopt from India
  • High number of adoptions from China
  • Social workers inquiry
  • Ethiopia adoptions in chaos
  • Whoop! Whoop!
  • Cambodia and Malta sign adoption agreement
  • Mali - new orphan crises
  • Peru temporarily suspends adoptions
  • India reduces fees for inter-country adoption
  • India New Adoption Laws Come into Effect Today
  • Ukraine's orphan crises
  • Nepal to begin process to ratify Hague Convention
  • Why UK has low Inter country adoption numbers
• Blog
  • Views
    • "Older Mom, Growing Older"
    • The numbers of inter-country adoptions declining
    • Love is a Many Splendored Thing
    • Ignorance of journalists
    • Orphans Under the Radar
    • Adoption saves children from horrifying reality
    • Its an age thing!
    • Frankly OUtrageous
    • The argument for international adoption
    • Putting my head down....
    • Dr. Jane Aronson on the Early Challenges of Adopting
    • Investing in your Future
    • Post IVF and Beyond Mentoring Programme
    • Emotional Blocks
    • Inter-Racial Adoption
    • Happiness and Envy
    • Pricing international adoption out of the market
    • Adoption Language
    • How much time do you have left?
    • Post Placement reports
    • Family Day!
    • Accelerating Progress to Help the World's Orphans
    • Adoption, Adoption everywhere
    • We've done it!
    • Consultation on DCSF charging for their services
    • No children in the UK available for adoption
    • Open Adoption
    • Horrific reports about Irish Institutions
    • Children-in-need a commodity?
    • Permutations
    • UK opens doors to Trans-racial adoption
    • UNCEF'S Position on Inter-Country Adoption
    • A new child is about to be born
    • The Joy of My Son
    • Intimidation by Social Workers
    • Winner
    • Look closely
    • Flame of Injustice and Flame of Hope
    • My Little Entrepreneur
    • Obama supports Russia-US adoption agreement
    • 'Project Prevention'
    • 'He is Born'
    • With all the best intentions....
    • New Parenting Classes for adoptive parents
    • Internationally Adopted Children Thriving
    • Reflection
    • Views archive
    • New Major Position for Adoption in Politics
    • Holding Hands
    • Love and Legislation
    • Adopting Abroad: Saira's Story Part 2
    • Drop in number of baby adoptions
    • A member has started the process!
    • Children Trafficked in the UK
    • Decline in International adoptions
    • The lost opportunity
    • World's AIDS Day
    • Don't Forget the Children without Families
    • The Jewish Imperative for Child Adoption
    • To tell or not to tell
    • Woman brings hope to orphans in Haiti
    • The Children's Society Key to Child happiness report
    • Open vs. Closed Adoptions
    • Who Cares That Tom and Nicole's Kids Were Adopted?
    • Too many children are missing out on adoption
    • New borns, Fashion, Thank yous and Creative Ideas
    • Adopting Abroad: Saira's Story
    • Guest Blog
    • Debate or Celebration?
    • Every orphaned child deserves a home
    • Letter to the UN
    • Islamic Law, Adoptions and Kafalah
    • Positive Older Adoption Story
    • Adoption Blogs
    • Dr Jane Aronson's Journal from the Field
    • Drawn together by sharing our children's story
    • Kelly Ensslin Fixing the International Adoption Mess
    • Emphasizing Family, Embracing Culture
    • The love for an orphan
    • That Russian thingy
    • They have got it all wrong
    • Ofsted releases statistics on adoption
    • How can this be?
    • Open letter to Mr Putin
    • Russia’s Adoption Ban Is Cruel and Vindictive to All
    • Qinisani Home Orphanage
    • Qinisani Home Orphanage
    • Apology for Australians
    • Hague 20 years on
    • Russian orphans trapped in poverty
    • GiFT Adoption Agency
    • So sad, so very sad
    • Silver award for progress
    • We need your help
    • Media reports changing face of international adoption
    • Children and Families Bill 2013
    • Putin's Punished Orphans
    • Putting my head down....
    • The brain of a neglected child
    • Tatyana McFadden
    • New Logo
    • Educated households more likely to adopt
    • Adoption 'difficult, but rewarding'
    • Austrian orphans infected with malaria
    • What happens when orphans leave the orphanage?
    • Life after the orphanage
    • Adoption challenged my idealism
    • Worldwide Orphans: Warriors in the Fight Against Loneliness
    • Adoption disruptions
    • Holy Moly Ghana this is not a solution!
    • Abuse in orphanages
    • A Guide to Child Care Law in the UK
    • Understanding adoption
    • 6 Things Everyone Should Know to Say (or Not Say) About Adoption
    • All you want for Christmas....
    • Academic look at international adoption
    • Toward a Greater Understanding of International Adoption
    • Racial Difference Among Adopted Multiracial Adults
    • Ahhhh...how IS this in the best interests of the child?
    • The difference between Inter-country adoption and child trafficking
    • An insight into Romanian orphan history
    • Ba Vi, Vietnam Adoption: Happy and Healthy Child Living With HIV in the U.S.
    • Is this in a child's best interest?
    • Janette Pepall talks about Baby Hatches
    • Identity
    • It's a New Year!
    • Nicole Kidman on Lion and adoption: 'It's about the simplicity of love'
    • Challenge to ReThink and stopping support for orphanages
    • You can adopt if you are disabled
  • Thailand adoptions
  • Nothing worse then a crying child?
  • New UK Adoption Laws
  • I am so incensed....
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  • Travelling with your child
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