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Many older kids and sibling groups are waiting in the Philippines. Families can adopt directly, or join a hosting program and then adopt. We hosted two children from the Philippines, and our teens have friends still waiting, so I hope to spread the word about the Philippines program so that their friends can find families as well. The advocacy blog [url]www.KidsWait.org[/url] has information about children waiting in the Philippines, including a shared list that has children on it that my kids know. (Most of the kids are Catholic--often raised by nuns--or Protestant, so the country is looking for families of those faiths in addition to typical requirements about age, length of marriage, etc.)
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Philippine Islands adoptions must be Hague compliant. The government of the Philippines is strict about it, and the U.S. scrutinizes paperwork carefully, as the Philippines used to be notorious for people trying to bring in friends and relatives on adoption visas for which they were not qualified. Most of the time, the people were not hardened criminals -- just people who didn't have the same concept of adoption that most Western countries have. As an example, they thought they could place a child for adoption with a relative, without actually relinquishing parental rights. Then, if the parents ever got a visa to come to the U.S., for a short time or forever they would resume caring for their child. There is a domestic process that some couples, where one spouse holds Filipino citizenship, try to use. Unfortunately, if you go through the domestic process, your adoption does NOT qualify as a Hague adoption and you will not get a visa for your child to come to the U.S. Be very careful to work with a placement agency that is licensed in a U.S. state and Hague-accredited, and that is experienced in working in the Philippines. Sharon
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