DeaKyne's Open Door to Adopt from Haiti
by Lisa DeaKyne 7 Lives Impacted
WE HAVE A REFERRAL FOR A 6 YEAR OLD!!Over the course of our marriage adoption has always been a lingering thought. 8 years ago we started actively ...
One of the many areas we are going to trust the Lord with concerning this adoption is finances. The cost of international adoption is very intimidating with overall costs ranging between $30,000-$40,000, for one child. Often times people (myself included in the past) are confused about why it costs so much and where all the money goes. Here is a break down of costs we will incur:
APPLICATION: $550 DONE
$550
TO START HOME STUDY: $4,800 DONE
$3,000 - Home Study process (a process of interviewing our family and writing a report to get a perspective of our family values/background to present to the country)
$1,800 - Global Services Fee (adoption expenses from our agency to get everything started, adoption education for us)
TO FINISH HOME STUDY: $5,050 DONE
$5,050 - Adoption Agency Program Fee I (adoption expenses from our agency to help prepare the dossier, admin costs, required training/education for us concerning Haugue Convention and our agency requirements, USCIS document preparation, and operational costs)
SUBMITTING DOSSIER: $4,600 DONE
$3,500 - Country Fee 1 (Dossier Translation, Post Adoption Report Translation, Social Services and Program Development in the country)
$350 - shipping/wiring fee to submit the dossier
$750 - translation
ACCEPTING A REFERRAL
$3,450 - Adoption Agency Program Fee II (preparation of referral and immigration paperwork, ongoing communication between country and us, travel preparation, assistance with naturalization process, operational costs and administrative overhead)
$8,200 - Country Fee II (Haiti social services application fee, adoption paperwork for child, care of child while in country)
$350 Referral Translation fee
$1,000 Post Adoption Report
$775 Post Adoption Report translation
IBSER FEE
$2,500 - Country Fee III Due when case exists Haiti social services
POST PLACEMENT FEES
$450 - Post placement/post adoption Report Writing
TRAVEL FEES covers the cost for two adults on two required trips
$6,000-$9,500 Travel Fees (airfare, meals, lodging)
THIRD PARTY FEES due at miscellaneous times
$3,500 - (filing for orphan petition, fingerprints, visa's, authentication of dossier)
Lastly, and most importantly, if you would please pray for our family and our son we would greatly appreciate it. This process still isn't over and we will gladly take any prayers on our behalf!
Thank you for reading this and considering helping our family as we walk through this open door!
The DeaKyne Family
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