Philippines Adoption Process
1. Application and Approval
To access our list of children available for adoption through the Special Home Finding Program, register with our agency for FREE. In order to move forward to adopt a child(ren), please complete our Agency Application. We will promptly review your eligibility to adopt from the Philippines once we receive your application. If approved, we will provide you with our agency contract that outlines our fees, services and important information regarding the Philippines adoption process. Upon receipt of your signed contract, CAN will start to provide you placement services for children from
2. Identifying a Child(ren)
Once you have completed your registration, you will be given access to the list of older children and children with special needs that are available for adoption through the Philippines Waiting Child Program. From the time you make a selection, you will have four months to submit your dossier to the Philippines' Inter-country Adoption Board (ICAB). Please keep in mind that you must have selected a child to adopt before sending your dossier to the Philippines.
3. The Paper Chase
Once you have selected a child or sibling group to adopt from the waiting child list, it is time to start assembling your dossier. Considering you only have four months from the time you select your child to submit your dossier, you may consider starting this process while you look for a child or sibling group to adopt. Your dossier will include a home study, which will assess your readiness for international adoption from the Philippines and help prepare you for adoptive parenthood, filing with USCIS for international adoption approval, and gathering your dossier documents. All dossier documents must go through the appropriate notarization, certification and authentication processes before being sent to the Philippines. We offer a complete Dossier Preparation Service to ease your international adoption process and give you peace of mind.
To ensure that prospective adoptive parents are prepared for their international adoption journey, our agency requires that parents complete 10 hours of adoption training as mandated by the Hague Convention. To satisfy these hours, we have developed an online parent training program that we are proud to include in CAN’s service plan. For an overview of the program, please click here. Please contact us for more information regarding adoption from the Philippines.
4. Picking up Your Child(ren)
The Philippines requires at least one parent to travel to bring home their adopted child. Families typically stay in the Philippines about one week to complete their international adoption. CAN will assist you with your travel preparations.
5. Finalizing Your Adoption
You will be required to submit a post placement report completed by your home study agency, upon arrival in the US. You will then file two more post placement reports three months after arrival and six months after arrival. When your final report is complete (six months after your return home) the ICAB will send the Consent to Adoption. At that point your adoption is finalized and your child becomes a US citizen. It is recommended that you apply for proof of your child's citizenship by filing the USCIS N600 form.
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