Who Can Be Adopted from Niger

A mother and her children sit by their goatskin tent in a Toureg encampment near Fakara.
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In addition to U.S. immigration requirements, Niger has specific requirements that a child must meet in order to be eligible for adoption:

RELINQUISHMENT: None

ABANDONMENT: Any child whose parents cannot be found.

AGE OF ADOPTIVE CHILD: None.

SIBLING ADOPTIONS: None.

SPECIAL NEEDS OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS: None.

WAITING PERIOD OR FOSTER CARE: None.

Caution: Prospective adoptive parents should be aware that not all children in orphanages or children's homes are adoptable. In many countries, birth parents place their child(ren) temporarily in an orphanage or children's home due to financial or other hardship, with the intention of returning for the child when they are able to do so. In such cases, the birth parent(s) rarely would have relinquished their parental rights or consented to their child(ren)'s adoption.

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