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Requirements
 for parents
Process length
 from dossier
to completion
Travel/Stay
in country
Children
available
Estimated cost
WITHOUT travel
Estimated
 travel cost for two

China

Couples 30 to 40:
6-12 months

Couples 40 to 45: 1-3yrs

Couples 45 to 50: 3+ yrs

Couples 51 to 55:
Waiting Child Program
(no more than
4 children in home)

2yrs minimum marriage

No singles

 2-4 Years

Travel 2 months
after referral

14 days

Healthy and special needs

Infants and older children

More girls
than boys

$12,920

$5,700

Colombia

Couples 25-37 can adopt an infant, 0-2yrs

Couples 38-44 , 3-6yrs

Couples 45+ and singles, 7yrs and older

3yrs minimum marriage

6-27 months
(depends on
age of child)

Travel 1 month
after referral

3-4 weeks

Infants and
older children

Sibling groups available

$9,275

$6,500-
$7,200

Ethiopia

Couples – 25 to 50

(no singles at this time)

up to 55 case by case (7yrs and older)

2yrs minimum marriage

New Program

3-9 months

+2-3 months
to travel

** 5-7 business
days

Infant to
15 years

Sibling groups available

$11,205

$3,945-
$6,700

Kazakhstan

Age 25-45: up to 18 months

Age 46-48: up to 2yrs

Age 49-51: up to 3yrs

Age 52-56: up to 5yrs

Age 57-60: up to 10yrs

Open to singles

24 months+

1st trip
4 weeks

2nd trip
 3-4 days
(three to four weeks after
1st Trip)

infants and
older children

More boys available

Sibling groups available

$17,200-
$22,200

$9,000

Russia

Couples under 45 can adopt an infant
(must be open to up
to 24 months of age)

Couples 45-50, 2-5yrs

Couples 50-55, 5-12yrs

Open to singles

girls: 2+ years
boys: up to 2 year
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Older children
(age 5+): 6-12 mth

1st trip 1 week
 

2nd trip
10-22 days

8-9 months to older children

More boys available

Sibling groups available

$21,000-$28,000

$9,000-
$15,000

Vietnam

Couples under 50 can adopt an infant

Couples 50-55, 1-3yrs

Couples 55-60, 3-5yrs

Couples 60+, over 5yrs

Open to single women

18-24 months
for a boy

2+ years
for a girl*

10 days -
2 weeks

Healthy and special needs

Infants and
older children

$18,017-$18,567

$5,010-$6,080

  * Wait for Vietnam begins after I-171 approval. ** Time could be up to 2 weeks if traveling to be part of the court process.

For all Applications received after January 1, 2007


Unless specified by the country program, a couple must be married at least one year before
applying to adopt.  Divorced singles may apply one year after divorce finalization.

IMMIGRANT VISAS ISSUED TO ORPHANS COMING TO THE U.S. TOP COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN

 

FY 2006

FY 2005

FY 2004
FY 2003
FY 2002
FY 2001
1 6,493 - CHINA
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7,906 - CHINA 7,044 - CHINA 6,859........CHINA 5,053........CHINA 4,681........CHINA
2 4,135 -GUATEMALA 4,639 - RUSSIA 5,865 - RUSSIA 5,209........RUSSIA 4,939........RUSSIA 4,279........RUSSIA
3 3,706 - RUSSIA
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3,783 - GUATEMALA 3,264 - GUATEMALA 2,328........GUATEMALA 2,219........GUATEMALA 1,870........S. KOREA
4 1,376 - S. KOREA 1,630 - S. KOREA 1,716 - S. KOREA 1,790........S. KOREA 1,779........S. KOREA 1,609........GUATEMALA
5 732 -ETHIOPIA
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821 - UKRAINE 826 - KAZAKHSTAN 825..........KAZAKHSTAN 1,106........UKRAINE 1,246.......UKRAINE
6 587 -KAZAKHSTAN
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755 -KAZAKHSTAN 723 - UKRAINE 702........UKRAINE 819..........KAZAKHSTAN 782..........ROMANIA
7 460 - UKRAINE 441 - ETHIOPIA 406 - INDIA 472..........INDIA 766..........VIETNAM 737..........VIETNAM
8 353 - LIBERIA 323 - INDIA 356 - HAITI 382..........VIETNAM 466..........INDIA 672..........KAZAKHSTAN
9 344 - COLOMBIA
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291 -COLOMBIA 289 - ETHIOPIA 272..........COLOMBIA 334..........COLOMBIA 543..........INDIA
10 320 - INDIA 271PHILIPPINES 287 - COLOMBIA 250...........HAITI 260...........BULGARIA 407...........COLOMBIA
11 309 - HAITI 231 - HAITI 202 - BELARUS 214...........PHILIPPINES 254...........CAMBODIA 297...........BULGARIA
12 245 - PHILIPPINES 182 - LIBERIA 196 - PHILIPPINES 200...........ROMANIA 221...........PHILIPPINES 266...........CAMBODIA
13 187 - CHINA
(TaiwanBorn)
141 - CHINA (TAIWAN BORN) 110 - BULGARIA 198...........BULGARIA 187..........HAITI 219...........PHILIPPINES
14 163 -VIETNAM
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98 - MEXICO 102 - POLAND 191...........BELARUS 169...........BELARUS 192...........HAITI
15 70 - MEXICO 73 - POLAND AND 89 - MEXICO 135...........ETHIOPIA 168...........ROMANIA 158...........ETHIOPIA
16 67 - POLAND 73 THAILAND 86 - LIBERIA 124...........CAMBODIA 105...........ETHIOPIA 129...........BELARUS
17 66 - BRAZIL 66 - BRAZIL 73 - NEPAL 97...........POLAND 101...........POLAND 86...........POLAND
18 66 - NEPAL 65 - NIGERIA 71 - NIGERIA 72.............THAILAND 67.............THAILAND 74.............THAILAND
19 62 - NIGERIA 62 - NEPAL 69 - THAILAND and BRAZIL 62.............AZERBAIJAN 65.............PERU 73.............MEXICO
20 56 - THAILAND 54 - MOLDOVA 57 - ROMANIA 61.............MEXICO 61.............MEXICO 51.............JAMAICA and LIBERIA

Fiscal Year (Ethiopia) Number of Immigrant Visas Issued
FY 2006                                   731
FY 2005                                   440
FY 2004                                   289
FY 2003                                   135
FY 2002                                   105


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