When people hear how much the adoption process costs, they are always curious about where all that money is going! It does vary with every country, including domestic adoptions, but I thought I'd share a run-down of the costs for those who are interested. Again, this is China-specific and for two children:
HOME STUDY FEES (includes visits after the child is placed in the home) - $3500, with $1000 to be returned after all 6 post-placement reports are completed.
PLACEMENT AGENCY FEES (for their professional services in facilitating the adoption) - $8850
USCIS FEES (Customs & Immigration, includes paperwork to bring a child into the US for purposes of adoption) - $2670
ADOPTION EDUCATION (10+ hours of training, books) - $200
TRANSLATION & DOCUMENT FEES (mailing and courier services as well, child's passport, preparation of Chinese docs/notarizationr/registration) - $3776
FOREIGN PROGRAM FEES (to China Welfare Society for a variety of things like wire transfers, Hague processing fees, reports, inquiries/trips in country on family's behalf, etc.) - $3250
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION FEE - $1000 to our placement agency for humanitarian work
CARE OF THE CHILD/ORPHANAGE DONATION - approximately $12,000
TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR 2 ADULTS returning with 2 children - $7100
Beyond this, we have already had an additional $300 in other fees: background checks and fingerprinting required for homestudy, postage, copies of birth and marriage certificates, passport-type photos, notary certification fee, and doctors charges for filling out physical forms required for homestudy. Grab your calculator and that totals $42,646 as long as everything runs as is, which is truly not likely to happen. :)
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