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Our agency fees were apx $5,500
Our foreign fee (paid attorney's, foster care, foreign expenses, etc.) were apx. $19,000
Our homestudy and post-placement reports (5 post placement reports) were apx. $2,500
The I-600A form was $545 plus $70 for each person fingerprinted (same fee for everyone)
The DNA testing is $470 (I believe the fee is the same for everyone)
We spent apx $300 on passports, copying documents, mailing documents express shipping to be certified and authenticated
We will spend apx $2,400 each time on two separate trips (for us, that is paying for airfair, food, hotel for 3 people) = apx. $4,800 travel expenses.
In total, our adoption expenses will be apx. $33,500.
I have never heard of a Guatemalan adoption completed for $10,000.
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