Many of us can remember when people who identified as LGBTQ were not
approved as adoptive parents because of their sexual orientation or identity.
The average time our clients wait between Home Study approval (being
approved as adoptive parents in the US) and their Visa interview (to come home from Pakistan with their child) is 148 days - about 5 months or longer depending on the case and client.
Couples or individuals wishing to adopt a child must be
approved as adoptive parents after successfully completing a home study investigation.
Most prospective adoptive parents are nervous about meeting the eligibility criteria for being
approved as an adoptive parents.
All of families waiting to adopt with Family Connections has successfully completed a home study investigation and have been qualified /
approved as adoptive parents.
In order to be
approved as adoptive parents a family needs to complete a home study investigation, conducted by a licensed / authorized adoption agency.
Please understand that the criteria described within this Guide determines the eligibility of an individual or couple to be
approved as adoptive parents in New York State.
In New York State, home study investigations review the following criteria to determine the eligibility of an individual or couple to be
approved as adoptive parents.
To be
approved as adoptive parents, a family must:
Thus if you have specific questions regarding your family's eligibility to become
approved as adoptive parents, please contact our agency at 1-800-535-5556 or
[email protected].
In New York State, all adoptive families must be investigated (known as a home study) and
approved as adoptive parents.
All prospective adoptive parents who are considered by a birth parent must be
approved as adoptive parents at the conclusion of their home study investigation.
Any individual or couple who wishes to adopt a child (birth through 21 years domestically; birth through 16 years internationally) must successfully complete a home study investigation and be
approved as an adoptive parent (s).
State and national child abuse clearances (no person with a history of child abuse will be qualified /
approved as an adoptive parent)
A single person can be
approved as an adoptive parent.
Not exact matches
«In any event, Catholic Care will seek to register
as an adoption support agency offering a service to those who were adopted in the past and are now seeking information about their background, and also to support
adoptive parents already
approved by Catholic Care.»
As a part of the immigrant visa application / exit process the child will be examined by a US -
approved foreign physician to the purpose is: (1) to verify the orphan status of the child and (2) to ensure that the child does have medical condition the
adoptive parents don't know about.
adoption exchange A service that helps agencies match waiting children with prospective
adoptive parents by maintaining a list of children waiting for adoption and
adoptive parents who have been
approved as potential placements for these children.
Families wishing to adopt a child from a foreign country (inter-country or international adoption), must complete a home study investigation and be
approved as prospective
adoptive parents by a Hague Accreditated adoption agency.
Now that you have completed your paperwork, your home visit, reviewed your home study and been
approved as prospective
adoptive parents, y
Thus, prospective
adoptive parents will be required to petition their county's Family Court to become pre-qualified (
approved; aka pre-certified)
as adoptive parents.
Prospective
adoptive parents who obtained custody or guardianship of a child and have not yet finalized the adoption need to find an accredited or
approved ASP to provide any remaining services, including completing post-placement reports
as required by the child's country of origin.
If a prospective
adoptive parent or adult household member has a criminal history or is currently under investigation for an alleged crime, the home study provider agency shall determine on the basis of the information it has available whether to
approve or reject the individual
as an
adoptive parent.
After all paperwork has been reviewed and the social worker has visited and
approved your home, you will be
approved as prospective
adoptive parents and begin your journey to bring home your child.
Please understand that private licensed social workers are not able to
approve individuals
as adoptive parents; they can only recommend families for approval by the Court.
A Home Study Investigation Report issued by an authorized adoption agency, is a legal document that is used by the Courts (U.S. and foreign), Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the country from the family is adopting
as documentation that the individual or couple has been investigated and
approved as prospecitve
adoptive parent (s) and are qualified to adopt a child (ren).
At the successful conclusion of the home study investigation, you will be
approved as prospective
adoptive parents and begin your journey into parenthood.
Our agency, Family Connections, Inc., has had families who are placed with a child after being
approved as a prospective
adoptive parent for a couple of days; we have also had couple wait a few months adopt; or who have waited for over three years to adopt a child.
Thus, if prospective
adoptive parents choose to use a private licensed social worker, they will be required to petition their county's Family Court to become pre-qualified (
approved; aka pre-certified)
as adoptive parents.
If the prospective
adoptive parent (s) and / or adult household member has been or is currently the subject of an indicated (aka founded) child abuse and maltreatment report, the home study provider agency shall determine on the basis of the information it has available whether to
approve or reject the individual
as an
adoptive parent.
Private licensed social workers are unable to obtain the child abuse history reports and criminal history reports needed to
approve individuals
as adoptive parents.
they can put the child's name on the national adoption register to find suitable adopters and place the child with potential
adoptive parents (who are temporarily
approved as foster carers) anywhere in the country.
Our U.S. Congress thinks it's fine to deport adoptees, those brought to the U.S. before 2000
as children, whose governments
approved their new families, and who needed their
adoptive parents to get them citizenship.