International adoption - UK

[AnnaLCox]

Good afternoon all,
I am a single female currently looking into international adoption in the UK. I have been told by ICA (which I understand is one of the leading agencies) that, as a single person, I'll only be able to adopt from India or South Africa. I note that there is not a lot of information out there for adopting internationally from the UK, though there is a ton of info if you are a US citizen. I'm a bit skeptical about this information as it seems to me that a lot of Americans are adopting from Latin American countries (single as well as couples). Have any single women here adopted from Latin America or anywhere else for that matter? The reason Latin America is my preference is due to the fact that I am a fluent Spanish speaker so it would be much easier to communicate with a child from that part of the world. If that isn't an option I would, of course, be happy to adopt from India, but I'd like to get the full information first. Wandsworth Council hasn't been helpful at all as they only deal with domestic adoption, and want to encourage people to go down that route.

I went to a few adoption evenings in the East Midlands and none of them said there would be any regular contact between birth child and birth parents.

All of them will want you to take part in letterbox contact once a year, but this is between you and the birth parent, that doesn't involve the child.

I've adopted a child and we have never met the birth family. Our child was also around 1 when we adopted. It's unlikely you'll get younger then that unless you do Foster to adopt.

If your still considering adoption I would definatly look at some other councils and volunteer agencies.

You haven't read anything I've written about contact with birth family, have you? Or looked at the podcast I recommended?