Adopting Indian babies!!!!?

Question

I saw in the Daily Mirror about a month ago that its going to be easier to adopt babies from india than it used to be.

Does anybody have any info about this and who I can contact??

I spoke to the reporter who did the piece and he couldn't give me any further info.

Myself and hubby have passed the adoption board in the Uk and its taking soooo long for them to place a child with us and its looking like its not going to a baby.

Any info would be great.

Answer 1

I'm sorry I can't help you with any information but wish you lots of luck with your quest.  I just had to reply to Amie.  You stupid ignorant pig - these people want to adopt from INIDA not Pakistan, you small minded biggoted idiot.  Would you call a Welsh person English? or an Irish person Scottish???  Then again - you are so stupid you probably would. Idiot.

Answer 2

Check the CARA website:

http://www.adoptionindia.nic.in/

This is the central gov't agency in India that regulates all adoptions. On their website, they have provided the info for U.K.  families wishing to adopt from India. Here's the info:

Department for Education and Skills (DFES)

(Central Authority for England)

Ground Floor, Area D, Mowden Hall

Staindrop Road, Darlington DL3 9BG, UK Govt. Dept. 2079724014 441325391396

Jeremy.Cogle

@doh.gsi.gov.uk

ica.darlington

@dfes.gsi.gov.uk

I don't know about adoptions in India becoming EASIER, but the gov't is recognizing the need to make it a smoother process. Hopefully they will follow through and streamline the process.

Answer 3

Try fostering.  They need you more than a baby does.

Answer 4

Korea great because they will escort the baby to the nearest airport where you live, so you save on travel cost, and staying 10 days in another country is just not realistic for me. You also dont need a dossier. The adoption fee is one of the lowest, the downside is if you wanted a girl, you cannot request one if you already have a daughter. Another great place is Guatemala, its the most expensive, but they also escort the child to the US. My first choice was China, but their rules have gotten stricter. I qualify for china except My husband doesnt make enough. You have to make ten thousand for everyperson in your house, plus 10 for the new baby. That would mean we would have to earn 70 thousand a year. Thats not fair. I have been soaking up info a lot on this lately, hoped I helped you. Now if I could just find a way to fundraise this thing to make it happen, or I will just start saving now, I pray I will get to give a child a home one day, I'm glad you are able to.

Answer 5

I am adopting from India and it's not as long as local adoption, but also not as quick as we would like. India has a priority-based adoption process. Indian couples get first priority, next come Indian living abroad, then Indian descent and last - us (and probably you). Even then, I am told two years overall, a baby under one year old and we can bring the baby home and then finalize the adoption.

CARA has a lot of information on it. But, your local agency is the first step: ask them for a social worker or adoption agency that is certified (?) to handle Indian adoptions and then work with them. Since you have passed the adoption board, it should be about a year and a half for you.

Good luck!

Answer 6

i don't mean this in a cruel way. but everyone goes on about saving the rest of the world etc. but abourtion rates and abaned children rates in this country are so high.

and picking a child is not like a pick and mix! sorry thats too the nasty person who left comment about you wanting and indian child. im sure what ever child you get you and your hubby will love and cherish them with all your heart....

but i think the other options are better to do first.... i dont no your situation but i think these ways are better..... try yourselves, surgocicy,  adoption from this country.....

i no you said it taking a while but be worth it....

in alot these foreign countrys you have to remmeber alot the kids dont optionally get to leave there parents...

but upto you

best luck either way xx

Answer 7

Don't do it.  Help kids here in your own country first.

Answer 8

I just got back from volunteering in an orphanage in India.  The orphanage was a very good one, by their standards... but if anything like that were in the UK, the world would be appalled.  Anyone who says that there are babies in need in the UK who you ought to help first doesn't understand how good things in the UK are.  If you're born in the UK, you're already better off than the vast majority of the people in the world.  You can grow up and make it on your own.  It will be hard, but you can do it.  If you're an orphan in India, though, you're not going to make it without intervention by loving people with resources.

I heard the same news about Indian adoptions becoming easier, supposedly.  I don't know any more about that, but I can tell you that the orphans that I worked with were loving, intelligent, and absolutely grateful for everything they were given.  They had nothing, so finding a scrap of soggy paper on the ground was enough to make them feel rich... and if you would play with them with that soggy paper, they'd look at you and hug you like you were the best thing in their life (and sadly, that might actually be true).  

Best of luck.  You're doing a great thing for that child, for the world, and for your family.

Answer 9

First of all, please ignore the idiots who are telling you to adopt from the United States.   Obviously they didn't read your question, and don't realize that you are not American to begin with!    Besides, the children in foster care in the U.S. are not starving.  In India, it's an effort in some cases just to keep the children alive.  Why don't people get this?

The problem with Indian adoption is that it must go through the court system over there.  India is a highly populated country, so the courts are very slow.  Perhaps they are now coming up with some kind of separate, governing board for adoptions, such as the one in China, and there will no longer be such significant delays in adopting from India.

I don't know how to tell you to speed things up, but I wish you the best of luck, and hope you have a beautiful Indian child very soon!

Answer 10

I think what you're trying to do is admirable - so please don't let the ignorant comments above put you off. I can only suggest that you contact the Indian High Commission (or Embassy) in London - they might have information about adoption agencies based in India. Best of luck.