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Adoption
ADOPTION INFORMATION
Child caring institutions that can place children for adoption are licensed through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). No private adoptions can be done and all children who will leave the country for adoption must go to the Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB) in Manila. This is a branch of the DSWD. It is not possible to adopt a child directly through an orphanage and you cannot request a child from a specific orphanage. (Though we can facilitate and expedite special needs children -
cleft pallet, learning disability, medical problems etc.)
STEPS TO ADOPTING A CHILD FROM THE PHILIPPINES:
Step 1 - Contact an adoption agency:
People interested in adopting a child in the Philippines must first begin
with contacting an agency in their home state or country that is licensed to
work with the Philippines. If you give us your location in the US or other
Countries we can give you addresses of agencies in your region.
Step 2 - Preparation for Home Study
After you have found an agency to work with they will complete a home study. Your case study is then sent to the Inter-Country Adoption Board in Manila and is approved by this office. Once approved your name is put on a "family roster" with all other applicants from around the world.
Stop 3- Matching Process
When an institution has a child ready for Inter-Country Adoption they review the roster. They read the case studies of families that meet the profile of their child who is being matched. For example, if they have a 3 year old boy
who has had TB and suffered from malnutrition, they pull the files of families who are asking for this age, gender and who will accept his medical history. Once they find a family who fit their child's needs, that family is presented to a "matching committee" who then gives their final approval. The paperwork is then sent to the agency you are working through back home. The adoptive family gets to read a case study about the child and then must make a decision to accept or deny the match.
Step 4 - Travel Documents
Once you have accepted a child for adoption, any needed visa/medical exams,travel document, etc., are prepared on this end and completed before your arrival in the Philippines.
Step 5-Getting your child
It is a requirement by the ICAB that adoptive parents travel to the Philippines to be united with their child. Most families spend about one week here in the Philippines. This allows "bonding" time with your child and also time to finish any needed paperwork with ICAB.
Step 6- Financial Responsibilities
Fees vary from agency to agency. We are not part of the financial arrangements with adoptions. Your agency should be able to give you accurate information on all fees for adoption through the Philippines.
Step 7- Completion of Adoption
Once your child is home, your agency will complete the necessary follow up reports and guide you in the final legal work for the adoption of your child in your own State/Country.
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