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Have you adopted from China?

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3strikesout · 31/08/2006 12:21

I would like to here about it as I'm considering (very vaguely so far) doing it. I am married and have 3 birth sons, and I'd like a little girl this time. My husband and I can speak good mandarin as we lived in China before having children.

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3strikesout · 31/08/2006 12:36

hear about it, as in.....

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KristinaM · 31/08/2006 22:42

you need to join Oasis. There are many many families in the Uk who have adopted children from China

oasis

Was there something in particular that you wanted to knwo?

suejonez · 01/09/2006 00:47

many parts of the country have CACH (children adopted from china) groups, I suspect OASIS can give you detials for your area, or search yahoo groups for CACH UK

sleepfinder · 01/09/2006 13:19

Looked into it generally as a few acquaintances were in the process.

I think it takes a minimum of 1 yr and cost about £30,000 total in legal fees. When you're finally given the go-ahead you have to travel to China and stay there for 3 wks before you can leave with the child. Lots of beaurocratic hoops to jump through (which I think is probably a good thing, in reality).

They seem to favour couples with no children, or only one. They also favour parents who are over 30's. If you have 3 already, you'd possibly end up quite far down the list... but its not impossible!

If you run searches on Google you'll get to the official sites that deal with it - I'm sorry, I lost the link a while ago.

suejonezispanicking · 01/09/2006 14:54

Process takes about 2 years on average and often up to 3. Isn't as expensive as £30,000 but total cost depends on how much your council charges you for your homestudy and how much your notary costs. I would guess the cost is closer to £15,000.

IIRC trip to China is 10-14 days.

True, lots of bureaucracy, all adopters on here adopting both domestically and intercountry will say the same thing.

sleepfinder · 01/09/2006 16:27

see this one \link{http://www.pshrink.com/chinadopt/}

suejoneziscalmernow · 01/09/2006 17:45

there is some good information on that site but beware that all the paperwork/requirements/timelines are American and not the same as UK which has a very different system up to the point known as DTC - date the China which is the date your papers go to China. At that point as lot (though not all) of the processes are the same regardless of the country you come from.

suejoneziscalmernow · 01/09/2006 17:46

that should say DTC = date TO China

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3strikesout · 04/09/2006 19:48

This useful - thanks. I really wanted an idea of the time and cost involved. I don't live in UK, but another EU country, and dh is not British. If we adopt in the country where we live I assume that the child can have British nationality without going through a whole social services palaver in the UK - anyone know?

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SSSandy · 04/09/2006 19:52

I wouldn't count on it. Check with the British Embassy first

suejoneziscalmernow · 05/09/2006 22:40

if you are resident in an EU country most of them will expect you to go through the local SS's. Most EU countries have signed the Hague convention and so they treat intercountry adoptions the same as domestic. You will not get entry clearance for a child back into the country you live in without clearance in advance from that country.

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