Getting Started with International Adoption

In addition to making your decision to adopt, the homestudy, and other resources, find more specific information about international adoption including words and terms, the steps to an international adoption, and other considerations.

Adoption of Orphans and Unlikely Outcome of War

Author Jean Erichsen sheds light on the barriers to adopting children from areas on conflict.... [more]

The First Step

The first step to international adoption involves a basic understanding of adoption and what it will mean to your family. Beginning with basic questions to ask yourself, move into questions about selecting a particular country, age restrictions, adoption by gays, and refusing a referral.... [more]

Program Status

Stay current on the status of adoption programs around the world, and find information on children, travel requirements, age restrictions, as well as incountry and cultural resources; from International.Adoption.com.... [more]

Observing Country Laws in International Adoption

When you choose to adopt internationally, you are not only forming your own family with the addition of a beloved child who brings a unique and separate culture and history, but you are also making a promise to that country to raise that child with (among other things) solid values.... [more]

Glossary of Terms

If you've got a question about a word or term, here are definitions of terms commonly used in connection with adoption and foster care, for quick reference.... [more]

International.Adoption.com
From Adoption.com, comprehensive information on international adoptions from choosing a country through to bringing your child home.

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13 Steps In The Process
A summary of "typical" steps in that elusive animal, the "typical" international adoption, from Christian World Adoption.

14 Most Frequently Asked Questions
Why does it cost so much? Are the children healthy? Answers to these and more, from Wasatch International Adoptions.

Finding The Right Adoption Agency
An adoptive parent walks through the steps of searching, questioning, and deciding.

How It's Done
First, there's the homestudy, then the INS, then passports. A basic review of the procedural steps to international adoption.

How to Adopt Internationally
From Comeunity, a terrific selection of articles and interviews with authors of some of the best books on international adoption.

International Adoption Package
An overview of the process from selecting an agency through to post-adoption requirements, from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.

International Special Needs Adoption
Where to start, what to consider, and what "special needs" means in other countries.

Issues To Consider
Some hard questions to ask yourself before pursuing international adoption, from Holt International.

Steps To An Adoption
A clear-language description of the steps in the Latin American adoption process.

Surviving The Homestudy
Some documentation references are specific to Korea, but other information applies to all international adoptions.

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