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Age/Other requirements of adoptive
parent (s) |
Number of existing children of adoptive parent(s) |
Marital status of adoptive parent(s) |
Ages of children that are available |
Time Frame |
Travel Required |
CHINA
|
Married couples ages 30 to 50.
Income requirement of $10,000 per member of the
family including the to be adopted child.
Net worth of $80,000. |
No more than 4 minor children
already in the home. |
Heterosexual Married Couples
only. Couples with no prior marriages must
have been married 2 years at log-in date of
dossier; couples with prior marriages must have
been married 5 years at log-in date of dossier.
No more than two divorces per applicant.
Additional requirements -- for questions or
specific details, contact us. |
7 months to 14 years
|
approximately 2 to 4 months to
complete Dossier; approximately 24-26 months for
referral.
3/11/08:
ABW is temporarily not accepting applications to
adopt from China. |
1 trip, only 1 parent required to
travel, usually about 10 to 14 days.
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GUATEMALA
 |
25 to 55 |
No Limit |
Married or Single women |
As young as 1 day old. Boys and
girls. |
Immediate - 6 weeks until
referral, 6 - 9 months until travel.
01/2008 - this program is currently closed |
3 days in country. Parents are
not required to travel, but it is recommended.
Escorts available. |
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HAITI
|
None. |
Okay. |
There are no religious or upper
age requirements for adoptive families, and
single women are welcome. |
Currently, we work with a
well-established orphanage. Both girls and boys
are available; however, there are usually more
boys than girls. The age, sex and number of
children can be specified. The children
available are infants (majority) to teenagers. |
Adoption Blessings Worldwide has
beautiful children available in Haiti, and the
adoption process in this country is relatively
smooth. The average processing time is nine to
ten months from the time your paperwork is
registered in IBESR. The paperwork is standard,
with the only exception being a short letter
from a licensed counselor, psychologist or
psychiatrist attesting to your good mental
health. While you are waiting for your adoption
to be completed, you may send gifts to your
child with one of our traveling escorts or you
may visit your child yourself! Both of these
options seem to help our waiting families feel
that their adoption process is moving more
quickly! |
Haiti is a wonderful country to
adopt from, and it is so close! Escort service
is available and recommended. However, if you
decide to travel there to pick up your child,
you only fly a few hours out of Miami and the
cost is reasonable. |
|
KAZAKHSTAN
|
Max female-45 Max male-50 |
Varies |
Married couples or singles (some
additional requirements may apply for singles) |
8 months to 16 years (adoptive
parents may adopt more than one child at the
same time) |
Time until referral or travel
invitation is approximately 1-3 months. |
Both parents are required to
travel for one trip of approximately 28 to 35
days. One parent may leave early for work
purposes if necessary. |
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RUSSIA
|
25 to 55
Note: Russia prefers no more than 45 yrs between
youngest parent and the child |
No limit |
Married or Single Females. |
12 months to 12 years |
1 - 9 months. |
Both parents required to travel
Two trips required. Time before blind travel is
3-4 months. Time until referral without
traveling blind up to 1 year. Time between 1st
and 2nd trips is approximately 8 - 10 weeks also.
The first trip is 5 days, the second is 10-14
days. |
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UKRAINE
|
None |
No limit |
Married or Single |
18 months to 12 years. |
5 - 9 months. |
Travel 5-7 months after
submission of dossier and approximately 3 1/2 -
4 1/2 weeks in country. One trip. Both parents
required to travel, one parent may leave
early. In some cases it may be necessary for
some adoptive parents to travel twice. |
