Adoption with criminal history

Frankly, your homestudy will have to reflect the criminal histories of all people living in your home. It will not look good in terms of your state, the USCIS, and the foreign country of your choice, if one of the people living in your home, presumably a "significant other", has committed a series of crimes, great or small. Your judgment in terms of associating with people who would not be good role models for your child would be questioned. If your partner had just one arrest, a long time ago, and not involving child abuse, domestic violence, etc., you would probably be able to adopt. However, a series of criminal offenses (whether misdemeanors or felonies), with some of them being within the last ten years, could well disqualify you. Getting a homestudy agency and the USCIS to approve you, even before your dossier goes to a foreign country, is going to be an issue. Sharon