What do you want your family to be?
Adopting a child from a foreign country is a vital option for many families. Yet, it can be complex and confusing. Longer periods of post placement supervision may be required, and after the home study is completed, adoptive parents must apply for the child to be found eligible for immigration to the US, and must obtain a visa. Foreign adoption usually involves traveling to the country of origin to pick up the child. What’s more, the process for adopting a child from a country governed by the Hague Convention differs markedly from that of a non-Hague country.
As a formerly temporarily Hague-accredited adoption service provider, ARA can prepare you for traveling abroad and any country-specific obstacles, coach you through the immigration process, and review your best course of action.
ARA has facilitated adoptions from the following countries:
“We rejoice in our children who bless our home, whose eager minds and hearts are the promise of tomorrow.”
– The Union Reform Jewish Prayer Book
