How difficult is it to adopt a child from Romania or any easter European country?

Question

I've heard they have alot of orphans there that need families and who grow up without ever having one.

How difficult is it to adopt a child from there? How much would an adoption cost? How long is the process?

Answer 1

my parents were going to adopt from Romania...but they would have to spend AT LEAST 2 months in the country and it was VERY VERY expensive....the cheapest and easiest to adopt from is like Guadalajara

Answer 2

At this point, Romania is closed to international adoption.  Go to: http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/... for more information.

If you're interested in adopting internationally, go to: http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/... to investigate the countries you might like to adopt from, then Google "international adoption agency" and the country name to find info on agencies with programs in that country.  

Ask for info packets from those agencies & start a spreadsheet with info (wait time, time in country, costs for each stage, pre- and post-adoptive services they provide, etc.).  From there cut your list down to about five.  Interview those five over the phone & ask for references.

Call the references and ask tough questions (their wait time, their time in country, pleasant or unpleasant surprises, if they had any negative experiences with the agency & if they'd use that agency again if they adopted again.

Go on the internet & find others who've used the agency within the last year or so & ask them the same questions.

Go to the Better Business Bureau's website & see if there are any complaints & if/how they were resolved.

From there you should be able to figure out which agency you feel best about using.

International adoption is expensive & takes a long time but is worth it!  We adopted internationally & love our girls!

There are adoption grants available (Google for info) and there's a federal tax credit (http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html for more info) available.  Some states have tax credits.  Contact your state's dept of revenue for more info.  Some employers have adoption assistance benefits, check with yours & ask if they'd consider adding them if they don't already have a program in place (http://www.davethomasfoundation.org/mate... for a toolkit to ask your employer for benefits).

I hope this helps!

Answer 3

Adoption from over seas is easier in the sence that the birth parents can not change their minds.

Money wise it runs in the $20,000 range.  There are companies out their that do many countries (lots of orphins everywhere) and they know all procedures and can take you by the hand step by step.

Answer 4

my parents are from romania, and recently, last week on wednesday, i got to meet some orphans from romania. youre right, there are A LOT of kids who doesnt have parents. my mom doesnt know how difficult it is, but i would say it wouldnt be easy. i dont know the cost because euro currency is different from american currency. the easy thing is exchanging the us currency for the euro currency. i would assume the process would take as long as it would take you to do. but i encourage you to adopt one because there are too many who doesnt have a parent.

Answer 5

You see, in the 90's there were many criminal groups posing as charity organizations that were making lots of money from intermediating international adoptions of children originating from  Eastern European countries, especially from Romania.

To stop this criminal activity a radical measure had to be taken, and therefore since 2001 the Romanian government has banned nearly all international adoptions (just Romanian citizens can adopt Romanian children; the only exception are close relatives, for instance grandparents living in another country, that can adopt Romanian children even if they don't have Romanian citizenship).

So, the only way to adopt a Romanian child is to be one of his close relatives.

And you don't have to believe all that stuff about the poor little Eastern European orphans you occasionally see in the media; it's all because of the child trafficking gangs/ "charity" organizations haven't given up and are using the media to pressure Eastern European governments into having a more relaxed international adoption policy so that they can get back to selling babies.