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A Child Chosen - Perspectives of an Adoptive Parent

Archive for the ‘Country Requirements’ Category

May 21st, 2008

Adoption Agency Checklist

 How do you determine which agency to use when adopting either internationally or domestically? The agency that you use will be part of your family for your lifetime; they are not just part of your life for the time you adopt your child. You have post placements to do after the adoption and you may […]

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March 29th, 2008

International Adoption Trip One: 10 Must Haves in Your Carry-On Bag

Just because your other luggage is bound to get lost…here are the 10 Must Haves in Your Carry-On Bag (but remember that this is your first trip and you won’t be bringing your child home if it is a two trip country).
1. Clothing: two pairs of underwear, socks and two shirts. If you have room […]

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February 19th, 2008

Country Requirements: Ukraine

Number of Adoptions in 2006: 463
From US State Department
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS: Married and single people may adopt from Ukraine. Prospective adoptive parents have to be at least 18 years old, and the age difference between the adopting parent(s) and adopted child must be at least 15 years, although this can be […]

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February 16th, 2008

Country Requirements: Kazakhstan

Number of Adoptions in 2006: 580
US Department of State 
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS:  Officially, Kazakhstan allows both single and married people to adopt, and there are no age requirements other than that an unmarried prospective adoptive parent must be at least 16 years older than the child s/he intends to adopt.  In practice, however, some […]

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February 14th, 2008

Country Requirements: Guatemala

Number of Adoptions in 2006: 4093
US State Department
GUATEMALAN ADOPTION AUTHORITY: The Social Services Agency Bienestar Social has been named Hague Convention Central Authority for Guatemala.  The Guatemalan Solicitor General’s Office (Procuradoría General de la Nación, PGN) is also an adoption authority in Guatemala.  Adoptions must be finalized through the PGN.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS:   Under […]

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February 9th, 2008

Urgent Notice from US Embassy

If you have a registered Power of Attorney (before December 31, 2007) the US Embassy states the you MUST Register with the CNA before February 12, 2008.
From the US Embassy:
On February 8, 2008, Guatemala’s National Council for Adoptions (CNA) announced that adoption cases “entered” in Guatemala before Dec. 31, 2007 must be registered in […]

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