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I lived in the Philippines and was able to adopt first through the inter country adoption board as a US citizen. In 2000, we adopted again as residents of the Philippines becuase we lived there for 6 years. I experienced first hand the details of the red tape there and the many avenues one must go through to adopt. If you have any questions please ask me. I must give one word of caution. Don't believe anyone, even in your family, if they think that they can help you adopt becuase they know some official. You may get through some ways in the provinces that way, but you will be caught once you are in Manila and trying to go through immigration at the US embassy. If you try this and get caught, you will make everyone else who is trying to do this legally take more steps back and their children that much later in coming home. If you do it right, your child will be home with you and an american citizen as soon as possible.
Please feel free to respond with any questions you may have.
Lynn
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Hi LYN,
I have a question to ask you. Could you please explain to me about the adoption process when you are adopting a baby from a relative.
I am in the military and I have all girls, and want to adopt a baby boy. One of my wifes relatives, the babies mom died and she had seven kids, the baby boy being the youngest and we want to adopt him.
If you have this information I would sure appreciate it or at least you can point me in the right direction for doing it legally.
My direct email is GTS1969Sept@netscape.net.
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I am in the early process of adoption in the Philippines through an agency. They ask for the dossier, we fill out a medical conditions form for referrals of children that we feel we could parent. We don't have to check any but I was wondering what minor medical conditions are commonly found in children in the orphanages. We are seeking to adopt an infant (0-2yrs). Some of the options listed are: hernia, exposure to TB which has been medicated, small heart defect which will probably improve w/o surgery, etc. We are so confused if we should check any of at all. We worry that we might be limiting ourselves since these are supposively minor. I've heard that it is common for children to test positive for TB due to exposure but they do not have TB. Is this true? Did you have to do this too? Any help would be great. Thanks
Both of my children came for orphanages. In the Philippines, each child is given a BCG shot, which is to prevent TB, this also gives them positive TB results when they take the test. Many of them are exposed to TB, not all get it, it really depends on which orphanage the child is in, and how well it is run medically. Both of mine were not exposed, however, many of my friends children were exposed, just by living there.
Concerning medical conditions, I would say moderate heart murmer(my daughter had that, and it cleared up) because if it is a concern, it can easily be corrected, low birth weight is another option, because many are born very small...because children who are relinquished by their birth mother have 6 months to change their mind, the child will be atleast 8-10 months at time of travel, and would have gained weight by this time. If the child was found or abandoned, a court date needs to be set in order to have the child be legally be available for adoption after a significant amount of investigation is done. Another option is pyloric stenonis, which is corrected at birth, and is just minor surgery with placing a small hole in the pyloric valve. If you don't feel comfortable with any more serious special needs, don't say that you are. We didn't feel comfortable with special needs since we were living there at the time of placement. Our first adoption was from Korea, and I wanted a healthy child, and that is what we got.
Please feel free to contact me again. The Philippines is a good country to adopt, but stick with the younger ages unless you really want an older child.
Lynn:rjavascript:smilie(':rolleyes:'):D
Hopefulfamily,
We took our checklist to our doctors office, and had him go through it with us. A doctor will know exactly what a child would go through to correct certain things, and ours was wonderful to put us at ease on what to accept. We go pick up our daughter this weekend, and we've been in contact with the orphanage for a year and a half, doing fund raisers for them and sending in "Santa". My husband was adopted from the same orphange, and we have a great relationship with everyone there. The process of adoption has been awsome (it took us one year), and we've been invited to share it with those from ICAB at the Global Conference next year. Please PM me if you'd like more info. It's a grand difference adopting from a different country as opposed to living there and adopting - we've seen both sides very close up! Good luck, and have a wonderful journey!!
Jen
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