More And More People Are Opting For International Adoption
Today in the United States and Canada people who wish to adopt
children will have to wait years and years. Sometimes people
decide that it is not worth the hassle and they give up trying
to adopt a child. This is a shame as there are children in the
world today that deserve to have a loving family and they never
get it. They are left in foster homes and orphanages until they
are eighteen when they can go out on their own. In some cases
the foster homes are good but there are some that are bad.
As a result of the long list of people waiting for an adoption
to go through they start looking for other options. Today more
and more people are opting for international adoption.
International adoption is different from adoption in the United
States or Canada. This form of adoption is an essentially a
private matter between an individual or couple and a foreign
courts which operates under that country's law and regulations.
If you wish to take this route to adopt a child the United
States authorities cannot intervene on the behalf of the
adoptive parents.
For those people who are interesting in international adoptions
they can obtain information from the Department of State. This
could be information on the adoption process in various
countries as each country may have different rules and
regulations when dealing with international adoptions. You can
also get information that deals specifically with the United
States legal requirements to bring a child in the United States
from a foreign country. There are also websites that can visit
to obtain such information. These sites can explain the adoption
process to you and you can even submit questions about anything
that you want to know. The information is available twenty-four
hours a day.
While there are certain things that the State Department can do
for you to help in any way there are things that it cannot do.
The State Department cannot become directly involved in the
adoption process in another country. Nor can they act as legal
counsel or representation of the prospective adoptive parents.
They are also unable to order that an adoption take place or
that a visa be issued. While the State Department cannot help
they can put you in contact with someone that can.