International Adoption Fees Breakdown

I know that most of you readers would like to know why adoption costs so much, and where all of the money goes?  We are wanting to raise $40,000 to help cover the costs associated with our adoption. I thought it would be helpful for all who would like to donate to know how your money will be spent and for what.  Ultimately all of these fees mean an abandoned boy gets his very own family. He can be lifted out of the crib he is confined to every day and live a normal and happy life.  I know that once we have him home the $40,000 is going to seem like NOTHING.  In fact, I can imagine us saying, "Man, if it had cost three times that, we still would have found a way to pay for you!"  Can you imagine putting a price on one of your children?  I certainly can't. 

It seriously breaks my heart that something like money can stand in the way of such a basic need.  For a child to have a family and be loved.  I think so many people want to adopt but can't afford it.  It is too scary to imagine comign up with the fees, so they opt not to eve try.  $40,000 pays for a new car, which so many of us readily buy because we "need" it.  Oh how off the mark my desires have been in my life.  I wish I would have known more about the conditions orphans face when I was younger.  I wish I could have started giving a long time ago. I think of all the money I wasted on such meaningless things that I don't even own anymore!  Hopefully I can make up for all the lost time of not doing my part to better the world through this process. To help save a forgotten child in need and bring him love, support, happiness, health and most importantly FAITH. 

Please help by donating to our cause.  Every dollar counts.  Even if it is just $5!  $40,000 isn't just going to magically appear in our bank account one day.  (Or maybe it will.  Wouldn't that be nice?!) We need people like YOU to contribute to help build to that amount.  We know your life will be blessed by making a contribution in whatever way you can.  Thank you!

*The fees I have written out below are all moving numbers.  It is a general guideline to let adoptive parents know what to expect.  They can vary by agency, country laws and date*

INTERCOUNTRY HOMESTUDY FEE SCHEDULE

(Not all these apply to every adoption case)

Application Fee: $350 payable with the application and will include initial phone information

conferences and the opening of a family file with the Agency.

Homestudy Evaluation:

Non- Hague Home study:  $2,200 Payable to initiate your home study process and $1,000 with the last outstanding document. (This includes three notarized home studies, notarized Agency licenses, notarized Social Worker's licenses, notarized post adoption verification documents, and notarized interagency agreement (if needed).  Any other additional documents produced will include notary charge of $10.)

Hague Home study: $2,500 payable.  $1,250 to initiate yur home study process and $1,250 with the last outstanding document.  (This includes three notarized home studies, notarized Agency licenses, notarized Social Worker's licenses, notarized post adoption verification documents, and notarized interagency agreement (if needed).  Any other additional documents produced will include notary charge of $10.)

 

Homestudy Update: $500 for home study updates which USCIS approval has not expired;

payable before the home study update process.

Refundable Retainer: $200 due when homestudy is delivered and refundable when all adoption paperwork from the foreign country is received by the Agency within ten days of your arrival home with your child.

Post Adoption Report Fees: $300 per child, per report. This payment is due, for all reports required, prior to delivery of home study. Notarization, apostilling and authentication are included if required by your country of adoption. This service also includes many conferences and discussions with you after your child arrives.

Readoption Services: $700 for one child, full readoption service. $400 for one child partial
readoption service. It is recommended that you readopt your child in California. This will provide California birth certificates for your child. Service includes supervision meetings and development of the Superior Court reports and other required paperwork.

Placement Agency Fee:  $4,200

Additional Documents: If additional, customized documents are needed for your placing
agency, additional fees may be charged.

PLACEMENT FEES AND EXPENSES FOR RUSSIA

Service and Support Fee:  For the adoption of one child age 8-24 months $9,400

Fees in U.S. Prior to Travel

Parents' Visa to enter Russia:  $600-$800 per person, per multiple entry visa

Russian Registration Refundable Retainer:  $1,000 per child ($150 registration fee)

Dossier Preparation (Notarization, Authentication, Apostille): up to $2,500 (determined by your state's administrative fees)

Dossier Administration Fee:  $400 (due with the submission of your dossier)

Travel Insurance:  Family Responsibility

Airfare to Russia (3 separate trips):  Family Responsibility

Fees Paid in Russia while Traveling:  The fees below are standard for every family and are in addition to the fees listed above.

Foreign Fee:  $7,100 per child

Daily Support Fee (including coordinator driver, translator, and support staff):  $230 per day

Notary Fees:  15,000 RUBLES

Hotel Fees:  $200-$400 per night, dpending on region

Travel to child's region:  $1,000 (approximate) per person, per trip

**in addition, families are responsible for a portion of the Coordinator's travel costs

Parent's "8 doctor medical"  $750 per adoptive parent

**medical fees ae determined by the medical clinic in Russia and are subject to change without notice

Child's Russian Passport:  $150 per child

Russian Adoption Document Tax:  $200 per child

Document Translation and Authentication:  $1,200 one child

Child's Medical Visit:  $200 per child

Child's US Visa:  $400 per child

USCIS Application Fee (for second, unrelated child) $670 per child