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applications for adoption for our Vietnam program.

 

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china adoption inforrmationVietnam Adoption

There are thousands of little children who are living in orphanages and who are waiting for families to adopt them and provide them with a loving home. Both boys and girls are available, and most are babies although toddlers and older children are also placed from Vietnam. If a child is 9 years old or older, they must consent to the adoption in writing. WIA works in the northern part of Vietnam, which makes it convenient to exit through the U.S. Consulate in Hanoi. The requirements for families adopting from Vietnam are not very restrictive. Current family size is not an issue, and Vietnam officials will accept both married couples (a man and a woman) and single women. Adoptive parents must be at least 23 years old, and must be at least 20 years older than the child they adopt. Vietnam requires that adopting families have the capacity to care for, support, and educate the adopted child.

Vietnam Adoption Timeline

Once the dossier is submitted to Vietnam, it can take up to 6 months to receive a referral. Once the referral is accepted by the adoptive family, the dossier is submitted to the Provincial Justice Department for review. The Justice Department will coordinate with the Provincial Department of Public Security (police) to review the application, to investigate the circumstances of how the child became an orphan, and to ensure all of the paperwork for the child is legal. This can take up to 30 days to complete this review. Following the approval from the Justice Department, the dossier is submitted to the Provincial People’s Committee for approval. It usually takes 60 days to receive the approval from the People’s Committee. Once the approval is given, the adoptive family is invited to Vietnam to complete the adoption. From beginning to end, an adoption can be completed as quickly as 9 months but could take as long as 15 months, depending on how quickly a referral is received and accepted.

Please see our Vietnam Adoption FAQ page for more information.

Fees for Vietnam Adoptions

Fees
Item
Cost

Application Fee

$300

Program Fee

$2500

Home Study Review (out of state clients)

$150

Placement Fee

$2,000

Post Placement Fee (6 post placements)

$1,200

Home Study

$˜1000-3000 depending on the agency

Foreign Fees

$12,000

foreign guide fee
$600.00

USCIS Fees

$750

Fingerprinting

$80 per person

Dossier Documents

$˜300

Authentication of Documents

$˜800

FedEx Charges

$˜300

Child’s U.S. Visa

$400

Airfare

$˜1,000-1,500 per person

Food and Lodging

$˜100 a day for two people

Vietnam Entrance Visa & Courier

$100

Child’s Airfare

$150 for children under 2 $700-1000 for 2 years and over

For more information about adopting a child from Vietnam, contact Kathy at kathy@wiaa.org.

 

 
     

**Note: Upon request, WIA will disclose the following: Service policy Contracts, the number of adoption placements per year for the prior 3 calendar years, the number of placements that remain intact, the number of families who apply to adopt each year, and the number of waiting children eligible for adoption. To obtain this information please call our office.


 

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