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Hi, everyone;
I've been quite interested in this thread. My husband and I are US citizens who have completed an adoption homestudy through a licensed agency in the Minnesota and are planning to adopt an infant in 2004. We're currently on a waiting list with a Colombian orphanage and expect a referral about next summer, if we stay in this program.
Through my Brazilian sister-in-law in Sao Paolo, we have learned of a 1-month old infant girl in an orphanage outside of Sao Paolo, as well as an expectant mother who is considering adoption for her unborn child.
I have 2 questions. First, can anyone recommend a good, knowledgeable US agency with experience facilitating adoptions from Brazil? Our agency is not licensed there.
Second, I understand from reading the State Department's website and other sources that CEJA is the central adoption authority in Brazil, and that they typically make all the matches for foreign families who want to adopt from Brazil. Does anyone know how they might handle a situation where a birthmother (or an orphanage) requested a specific family outside of Brazil to adopt a particular child?
Because we have a lot of family connections in Brazil, we would really prefer to adopt a child from there if possible.
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... very few agencies want to work -- in any country -- with a person who has already identified a child. The reason is simple. All too often, the agency must inform the family that the child is not adoptable or not eligible for immigration. This is often heartbreaking to the person, who may have actually met and bonded with the child.
Just because a child is in an orphanage or being relinquished by a birthmother does not mean that he/she meets the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act's definition of an orphan eligible for an adoption visa. And the foreign government often has rules about what children may be adopted by foreigners.
Sharon
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