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International Adoptions
Requirements that Must be Satisfied for International Adoption
If you're ready to begin working on an international adoption, but
can't quite remember where you put that sharp pair of scissors you
will need to cut through the thick red tape, do not despair. There
are a number of important criteria you must satisfy if you want to
complete an international adoption, but ultimately, it is
achievable; and ultimately, you will know that everything you did
was worth it.
So what criteria must you satisfy? To begin with, you must become
the legal guardian of the child you wish to adopt. You can start by
finding a child through an international adoption agency. Once you
have found your child, you will have to complete the paperwork and
file it through a local government adoption agency or a court.
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This means you will have to get all of the paperwork
translated into the language of whichever country you are working
with.
Once you have begun the process of filing paperwork for the
adoption, you should start working on the second part: getting
citizenship for your adopted child in the country in which you live.
If you live in the United States, the State Department gives you two
options. The first option is to actually live with your child
overseas for two years as a legal guardian and then return to the
United States. If you're working in that country presently, that
might sound like a decent option for you; if not, it probably isn't
even a possibility. Your other option is to bypass that altogether;
and to instead try to obtain citizenship for your child immediately.
This can be done by contacting the Department of Immigration and
requesting the proper paperwork for an international adoption
without foreign residency.
Once you have completed all of the paperwork�Xand satisfied both
criteria�Xit will ultimately be up to the courts in the United
States and in the country of the international adoption to decide
whether or not the adoption will be completed.
Many potential adoptive parents are daunted by
the challenge of foreign adoption. They've read about how hard it is
to adopt a child from overseas�Xand that they might spend money and
time to do it, but in the end, might never be able to secure the
foreign adoption. To be fair, all of this is true, but the only way
to ensure that they are able to adopt a child from a low income
developing country is to push through the process.
If you are a potential adoptive parent who wishes to adopt a child
from a different country, you should start by initiating contact
with the foreign adoption agency. Many adoption agencies in other
countries�Xespecially those that have a presence on the Internet�Xhave
experience settling foreign adoption; and can probably give you a
good amount of advice about what will and what will not work.
Once you have initiated contact, it is important that you secure any
paperwork that will be necessary for the adoption. You will more
than likely need to file paperwork to become the child's legal
guardian in his native country. This means you will need to either
fill out the paperwork yourself or hire a lawyer to do it for you.
If you absolutely must cut costs, you might want to try to do it
without a lawyer initially; but if you start to encounter
resistance, it is probably a good idea to hire a lawyer who
specializes in international adoption cases�Xif only for
consultation. Once you have completed the paperwork, you will then
have to get it translated into the native language of your child's
country. You then will want to talk to the foreign adoption agency
again to get direction for the paperwork. They might tell you to
submit it to a government agency that specifically deals with
adoptions; however, you may also need to talk to the Embassy or the
Department of Immigration.
Once all of the paperwork has settled and all of the bills are paid,
you will then need to make a trip to your adopted child's native
country to bring him or her home with you. When you are finally able
to do this, you will no longer care what you had to do to get there.
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