India
- Overview
- Adoption Process
- Children Available
- Parent Requirements
- Travel Process
- Waiting Children
- Country Facts
Children’s House International is currently only accepting new families for our India Adoption Program open to a special needs child
NEWS
This Adoption Notice is a follow up to the Notice of November 30, 2012.
The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) informed us that it is accepting new applications for intercountry adoptions from prospective adoptive parents in foreign countries, including the United States, seeking to adopt children habitually resident in India. CARA will accept applications for children that CARA classifies as having special needs, e.g., children with a physical or mental disability, children older than five years of age, and children with twin siblings. For more information, please see CARA’s website.
CARA indicates it may be another two to three months before it can resume accepting adoption applications for children who are habitually resident in India, but are not classified as having special needs.
CARA will continue to process applications registered prior to December 1, 2012. We will provide an update when CARA begins accepting new applications for children habitually resident in India who are not classified as having special needs.
If you have any questions, please contact us by phone at 1-888-407-4747 or e-mail us at: adoptionUSCA@state.gov.
Please review the other alerts and notices posted by the U.S. Department of State HEREThe One – by Devi Anderson
Standing outside the window looking in
I see children’s faces light
Up when they see their future, but what about me?
I see a family ecstatic to find the one, yet I am left behind.
But what is this now
I see a mother looking back at me.
Then again, could she accept who I am?
Would she judge me by my skin?
Would she judge me by my caste?
Would she have me for who I am – a little girl cast aside and left alone.
Standing outside the window looking in
Now I have a mother beside me hugging me for the first time.
I feel safe.
I can see my future.
We are family.
Devi is our International Specialist, Lisa Anderson’s daughter. She read this poem in class while Lisa was present for a Mother’s day event. Devi was adopted from India when she was 7 years old. She is now 20 and a music performanc major at the University of Southeastern Louisiana.Our India Adoption Program
Namaste. Children’s House International, licensed since 1975, began in India 37 years ago, and has been placing children from all over the world in loving homes ever since. The Central Adoption Resource Authority of India (CARA) recognizes Children’s House as an Authorized Foreign Adoption Agency to place Indian orphans in adoptive homes. Our International Specialist has been leading our India program for the last 14 years and has two beautiful children adopted from India. We travel to India often, keeping in close contact with CARA and visiting the Recognized Indian Placement Agencies I(RIPAs). This allows us to give you the best service possible. We will also help you make your travel arrangements to India and will assist you in each step of your adoption.Adoption Forms and Fees
For more information including our application, agency retainer agreement and financial agreements and statistical information on: the number of adoption placements per year for the prior 3 calendar years, the number of placements that remain intact, the number of families who apply to adopt each year, and the number of waiting children eligible for adoption, click here.For more information email: inquiry@chiadopt.com
Children’s House International is currently not accepting new families for our India Adoption Program
Adoption Process
Families of Indian Heritage in which one spouse has Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status or is an Indian citizen are eligible to adopt a healthy infant. You may visit this website for information on obtaining OCI status: http://www.indianembassy.org/newsite/oci.asp- The United States requires that at least one parent be a US citizen in order to adopt and have your child immigrate to the United States on an IH-3/IR-3 or IH-4/IR-4 visa. Unfortunately, status as a permanent resident does not qualify. Single adoptive mothers must have OCI status.
- Adoptive parents must be between ages 25-55 years old to adopt. To adopt a toddler or younger age child, the combined age of parents must be under 90 years old, with preference for a maximum age of 40 for infant referrals. No parent over the age of 55 is eligible to adopt.
- Single women between the ages of 30 and 50 are eligible to adopt from India, but there are a few additional documents required for your dossier.
- Couples should be married for a minimum of 3 years.
- Same sex couples are not eligible to adopt as per the CARA Guidelines.
Embassy Appointment
When the time comes, you will travel to India to bring your child home. During this trip, you will go to the US Embassy where you will obtain your child’s visa to enter the United States. Once you are back home, you will complete the required post placement reports and finalize your adoption in your State of residence.For more information email: inquiry@chiadopt.com
Children’s House International is currently accepting new families open to special needs children for our India Adoption Program
Children Available
- Age 3 months and up at time of referral, depending on age of adoptive parents and availability of children in need
- Toddlers and school age children are available for older parents
- There are many more girls available, even for NRI families. CHI can no longer guarantee the placement of a male child. Please be open to a child of either gender.
- India gives preference to families with Indian heritage.
- Non-Indian families may apply to adopt older and/or special needs children.
For more information email: inquiry@chiadopt.com
Children’s House International is currently accepting new families open to special needs children for our India Adoption Program
Parent Requirements
While your adoption journey may begin today, adoptive parents should understand that adoption is a lifelong commitment. A successful homestudy plays a vital role in helping on your preparation to become adoptive parents. Our trained and caring professionals respect your privacy we work together to educate and create an accurate portrait of you as future adoptive parents. The home study is an invaluable first step toward parenthood.Approved Home Study
An approved home study preferably completed by a COA Hague accredited social worker who will ensure that all of the India requirements for families are met in the home study process. The home study begins with adoptive parent education and a thorough evaluation of your family that will include several background clearances, medical evaluations and financial stability. Your home study is the foundation on which USCIS and CARA approvals for international adoption are based. It is a time for adoptive parents to learn, reflect, and prepare for parenting. It involves opening your hearts, minds, and home to a social worker through a series of meetings and gives you the opportunity to ask all the questions you may have as well.USCIS Immigration Approval
USCIS immigration approval is required for all international adoptions (includes FBI fingerprint results.) This approval allows your newly adopted child to receive a VISA from the US Embassy and enter the US and become a citizen.For more information email: inquiry@chiadopt.com
Children’s House International is currently accepting new families open to special needs children for our India Adoption Program
Travel Process
India is changing its adoption process to where all adoptions are final under the Juvenile Justice Act. Some courts require that adoptive parents be present for the court hearing and some do not. India requires that adoptive parents travel to India to bring your child home. Only one spouse is required to make this trip. Depending on which RIPA your child is from, you may be required to make two trips to complete your adoption Each trip lasts approximately one week and we will help you plan each detail.For more information email: inquiry@chiadopt.com
Children’s House International is currently accepting new families open to adopting a special needs child for our India Adoption Program
Waiting Children
Waiting… waiting… waiting… why are these children without families? They are available for international adoption for many reasons. This is most often due to their birth families inability to parent based on poverty. Poverty worldwide creates the need for international adoption, but it is not the only reason. Lack of Education is another common factor. In many countries, birth control is not widely offered nor is it taught in the family, community or in school. Birth mothers also can lack education on how to parent a child or have the capability to earn a living wage to support the child. So education can play a large part in children becoming available for international adoption. Birth Mother’s who become pregnant may be shunned by both her family and her community. Many times this leads to desperate situations that force a birth parent to either abandon or relinquish their child. Sadly, there are other factors that create orphans that include: war, worldwide famine, drought and in some countries the AIDS epidemic have also created a need for adoptive parents. Children born with medical needs are also come into care and need loving families. While poverty can stretch a family’s limit, it’s overwhelming when a child has a physical or mental condition. Many times these medical needs are correctable in the US with our medical resources that would never be available in the child’s birth country. These are the children that need us most. Please consider these children in your adoption journey.For more information email: inquiry@chiadopt.com
Children’s House International is currently accepting new families open to special needs children for our India Adoption Program
Country Facts
The US Department of State has issued the following statistics on adoption from India:| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 |
| 297 | 308 | 411 | 319 | 323 |
