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kristen92450
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Name: kristen
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Waiting time frame
Is the average wait for international adoption 2-3 years? This is what I have heard and am very frustrated by this.. I heard sometimes it can be 6 months.. I haven't started the process.. but I am worried about the wait and if I can financially handle the cost.
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Posted 6/18/09 9:43 PM |
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rose825
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Re: Waiting time frame
i dont know anything about international, but our domestic adoption was 9 months from start to baby
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Posted 6/18/09 10:37 PM |
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ml110
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Re: Waiting time frame
it depends on the country you want to adopt from, and sometimes the agency too. China has i think over a 3 year wait right now-- and it takes about 5 or 6 months BEFORE that to do all the paperwork, homestudy, etc. i always thought i would adopt from china, but the wait time is frustrating. i started looking into korea and depending on the agency- one told me about 16-18 months, and another one told me like 9 months. i guess it depends on how big the agency is and how many "cases" they take on... not really sure. other countries like russia have a pretty short wait time i think BUT you have to make 2 trips over there. i think first you have to read up on the different programs-- adoption.com has some good info. you can find out all about the different requirements for different coutires. and once you pick a program, you can start searching for agencies that offer that program, and get more specific info on cost, and time line. we haven't started the process yet, but i've been doing a lot of research-- mostly i just spent a lot of time online searching around for different things, and then e-mailed certain agencies to more specific info. good luck!!
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Posted 6/19/09 11:56 AM |
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kristen92450
LIF Adult
Member since 11/05 1041 total posts
Name: kristen
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Re: Waiting time frame
Thanks for the info..Good Luck to everyone
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Posted 6/21/09 11:13 PM |
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michele31
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Member since 5/05 3372 total posts
Name: Michele
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Re: Waiting time frame
we used Wide Horizons for children. www.whfc.org I highly rec'd them.
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Posted 6/22/09 11:43 AM |
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