[WizardofOz]

Hi again,

I am happy to know that you share my joy! I cannot really reply to your questions since we adopted Kiran from the United States. He was born here and he is of Asian descent (Cambodian/Chinese). So why did we call him "Kiran", you might ask? Because:

1. I love the Indian culture and many of my friends and co-workers are Indians
2. I am practicing yoga and I like Sanskrit
3. Kiran ("sunbeam" in Sanskrit) is what my son is to us.

Still, I will try to answer you some of your questions.

1. The United States do not even allow green card holders to adopt internationally (!) because a non-US citizen cannot bring an adopted child back into the United States. This law clearly descriminates the adopted child compared to the biological one and is against the Hague agreement (which the US signed but has "not implied"). I have signed a petition against this senseless law and, as expected, because we are such a marginal population with no political influence, nobody cares to change anything. I do not think that Switzerland has a similar restriction - to be frank, I think that in this respect the Swiss have their senses better together.

2. I cannot give you an estimate of the cost but I think it's less.

3. I adopted domestically from the US because I this was the only option I had.

But there is still something you should know: I DO have my criticism about adoption in the US - private domestic adoption which is a megamillion business and has become a "birthmother market", public domestic adoption which is full of red tape and international adoption which discriminates adopted children.

But at the same time, I absolutely KNOW that my son Kiran was the child I was meant to have. He is mine, he was predestined to be mine, he is THE ONE.

Please know that just like myself, you will have the child that was meant for you all along
Please keep me updated about your adoption process.

Namaste
Jasmin