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China does NOT have official minimum income requirements. It indicates that it wants to see parents who have a stable income and live within it, with manageable debt and a little "put away" for emergencies.

Adoption agencies interpret Chinese policies in different ways. Some say "$10K per person in the household, plus $10K for the child to be adopted." Some say "$30K per single/couple plus $10K for each child in the household and $10K for the child to be adopted."

Some have much higher threshholds, because they tend to receive families who live in high cost parts of the U.S. where a $30K income would be almost impossible to live on.

And some make judgments on a case by case basis. For example, if a person is fairly low in income, but has almost no debt, lives in a low-cost area, and possibly has some special circumstances (such as rent-free housing provided by employer), the agency will accept the person.

The same is true with regard to income requirements for families requesting twins. All that China says is that the family should have "above average" income. Obviously, it realizes that raising two kids isn't cheap.

But there are some agencies that set minimum requirements. For example, I've heard of agencies saying that parents must earn $100K to adopt twins, even though plenty of parents have been granted twins without anywhere near this income. And I've heard lots of other examples of this sort.

Sharon