Wasatch International
Adoptions
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A Child's Way Home
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Wasatch International
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This
program is suspended indefinitely. WIA is no longer able to accept
applications for adoption for our Guatemala program.
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Fees |
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| Item | Cost |
| *Application Fee | $300 |
| *Program Fee | $2500 |
| *Home Study Review (for out of state clients) | $150 |
| *Referral Fee | $2000 |
| *Post Placement Fee | $800
(Utah clients) or $600 (out of state clients) |
| **First Child Foreign Fee | $12,750
(for children from Casa Guatemala Orphanage) $20,500-$23,500 (for children in private foster care. Fee varies depending on the attorney used.) |
| **Second Child Foreign Fee | Same
as first child fees. |
| Home Study | $1000
(Utah) $1000-$2500 (depending on social worker found out of state) |
| Filing of USCIS paperwork | $750 |
| Fingerprinting | $80/person |
| Authentication of documents | $200-300*** |
| Courier for document authentication | $200*** |
| DNA Testing | $700 |
| Fed Ex Fees | $300*** |
| Flight to Guatemala City | $650/person*** |
| Hotel/Food in Guatemala | $95/day
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| Passport for child | $50 |
| Visa for child | $400 |
| Embassy Medical Exam | $100 |
| ESTIMATED TOTAL | $30,670
- $35,990 (for one child) |
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fees are required by the agency, Wasatch International Adoptions. **These fees are required by the foreign country. ***These fees may vary from dossier to dossier depending on the number of documents (for example a single person’s dossier will be smaller than a married couple’s dossier). Expenses also may vary depending on where and how long you stay in Guatemala. |
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If you are interested in more information about adopting from Guatemala, please email Kathy Junk.
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availability
of young babies and the fact that Guatemalan children reside in foster
homes. The birth mothers of Guatemala are taken care of by our lawyers
in Guatemala and receive good prenatal care. The Guatemala foster mothers
with whom the babies are placed after birth are loving and caring. The
children are happy and bond well with their new families when coming home.
Wasatch International Adoptions also works with several orphanages that
house older children and sibling groups in Guatemala.
their child. Even though the fees for a Guatemala adoption seem high in
comparison to other country programs, costs seem to even out and fall
in line with other out of country adoptions because of the inexpensive
airline costs to Guatemala and the short stay required in the country.