DeColores Adoptions International now has a program of to adopt special needs children from China!
While adoptions of healthy children from China are taking several years to complete, children in China can be adopted quickly if they have special health needs. Some of these health needs have already had surgical correction in China, others have not. If a family has a group insurance policy through an employer, pre-existing conditions on adopted children are covered according to federal law. Please consider if your family would like to adopt a child from China with a special need. Special needs range from cleft palate (both repaired and unrepaired), heart defects (repaired and unrepaired), missing ear (totally normal otherwise), Hepatitis B positive and others.
If you would like to receive a CD with a listing of special needs and the medical processes that will be needed to correct them, please contact us today for more information on our program. There is a cost of $5 for this CD.
When adopting a child with special needs, you are shown many children from our list, and you select the child with the special need that you feel prepared to handle. We are available to help you with the selection process and to give you referrals to adoption medical specialists. We are also able to take requests for certain needs and hopefully find a child for you. The medicals from China are generally very comprehensive.
All children adopted from China are screened for HIV, Hep B and C and other communicable diseases and are generally quite healthy except for the specific special need.
Meet Mia. Mia was adopted at age 21 months from China with an unrepaired heart condition. Every single child we have placed with a heart defect is doing splendidly. Often the child will either never need a surgery but only occasional monitoring by a physician; sometimes the child needs a surgery or two (as Mia did). If you want to know more about Mia, please click here to read a letter from Mia's mother.
What is the timeframe for a China adoption?
After you have a homestudy and immigration approval completed (we will help you with all of this), you can complete the adoption within about 3-4 months
Do I need to travel to China to pick up my adopted child?
Yes, you must travel to China to finalize the adoption and bring your child back to the United States. Although only one parent must travel, we feel that both parents should make an effort to travel to complete the adoption. However, when that is not possible, one parent is required to be in China to sign the adoption documents. The stay in China is approximately 12 days.
What does it cost to adopt a child from China?
It usually costs approximately $17,000 to $22,000 to adopt a child from China. This estimate includes the travel to China and the accommodations while in China. Adopting from this country is a great option because the costs are not as high as some other countries. The following is an approximate breakdown of fees:
Costs:
Application fee: $200
Agency fee to Decolores: $4500
Foreign fee to Decolores: $1680
Additional fees:
$1000-$3000 homestudy (varies from state to state)
$5200 mandatory orphanage donation
$1,900 - Provincial adoption fees, U.S. visa for Child and medical Exams
$1,000 - Chinese guide fee
$400 - Transportation costs while family is in China
$35 per wire, when we send your money to China
$830 U.S. Immigration fee
$350 Document authentication (varies from state to state)
$500 Post placement fee, plus two required post placement reports done by your social worker in the first year after the child comes home.
All plane fares, visas, meals, and hotels in China (we will make the arrangements for you in China and will help you make the plane reservations).
Do I qualify to adopt from China?
The CCAA has some very specific regulations adoptive parents must meet in order to qualify to adopt from their country.
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You must be at least 30 years old and no older than 54 years old.
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You must be a married couple and have been married for at least 2 years before you can apply to adopt a child from China.
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CCAA will accept couples who have been divorced, but there are restrictions:
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o Each spouse is allowed to have had 2 divorces, which means there can be a total of 4 divorces between the two spouses. However, neither spouse can have more than 2 divorces. For example one spouse cannot have 3 divorces and the other spouse 1 divorce, bringing the total of 4 divorces between the two. .
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If either spouse has been divorced and remarried, the couple must currently have been married for at least 5 years before applying to adopt a child from China.
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Each spouse must have at least a high school education.
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You cannot have more than 4 children under the age of 18 years old living in their home at the time they apply to adopt a child from China. The youngest child in the family must be over the age of 12 months at the time the family applies to adopt a child from China. However we are able to request a waiver for the adoption of a child with special needs.
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You must have a steady job and should earn at least $10,000 per person in your family annually, including the child they will adopt. If only one of the adopting parents hold a job, this person must meet these income requirements for their family.
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The couple should have net assets of at least $80,000 including their home and stock dividends.
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The couple's weight index should not exceed 40. The formula for finding the weight index is weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared. An example of the weight restriction would be if a man is 5'9" tall, he cannot weight more than 268 pounds. If you have questions regarding the weight index, please call our office.
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You cannot have a criminal record, including DUI's.
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Prospective adoptive parents should not be taking psychiatric/mental health medication. Applicants who have not taken this type of medication for the past two years may be considered on a case by case basis.
Our networking agency for this program, Wasatch International Adoptions, a Hague accredited agency licensed to process China adoptions, has provided us with an established China program and has placed many children from this country. When a dossier is submitted to China, both agencies will be involved in the process but Decolores will work directly with you as the adoptive family through all phases of your adoption.
If you meet these qualifications, you are good candidates to adopt a child from China. If you are interested in obtaining more information about adopting from China, please contact us today!
