Children Available: The children available for adoption in Vietnam range in age from 3 months to 15 years at referral. Children with special needs are also available. Siblings groups are rare and the adoption of two unrelated children at once is not illegal, but it is also not encouraged. Both boys and girls are available for adoption, although some agencies state that the wait for the referral of a boy will be shorter.
Requirements: Both couples and singles are permitted to adopt. There is no upper age limit, but must be at least 20 years older than the child adopting. Vietnam has no requirements for length of marriage or divorce, although some agencies may have different guidelines. The country has no set limit on the number of children in home, however if you have more than 4 children in the home, you might need special permission.
Time line: After compiling a dossier, you send it to Vietnam. The wait time for referral is varied with each agency. To get recent and realistic wait times, call a few agencies. Again, some agencies also state that the wait time for the referral of a boy will be shorter. After referral until travel it should be approximately 3-6 months. Travel to Vietnam is required, although, if needed, it may be only one parent. It is one trip of 2-3 weeks.
Cost: $17,000-24,000
Children placed in 2006: 163 children came home from Vietnam to the United States in 2006.
Adoptions Agencies for Adopting from Vietnam:
- All God's Children International
- Accept Adoptions
- Adoptions from the Heart
- Children's Hope International
- Children's House International
- Children of the World
- Dillon International, Inc.
- Faith International Adoptions
- Families Thru International Adoption
- Gift of Love International Adoptions
- Holt International
- Hope's Promise
- International Assistance and Adoption Project (IAAP)
- Journeys of the Heart
- Lutheran Social Services of New England
- Lifelink International Adoptions
- Orphans Overseas
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