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Latvia
the process in Latvia has a few quirks that are unpublished and important to know. You must be able to id the child you want and send them gifts via the orphanage for a few months...after that you may request visitation and further contact, ie. adoption. The problem seems to be making the initial contact as the orph directors arent very good at advertising their kids. After this contact there are 2-3 courts and Ministry of Justice to go thru. They say the process usually takes 6 mos. after initial contact. We found mostly sib groups at the orphanages. And many of the kids are wonderful, Our adoption should be final in Sept. Then we will begin process for the rest of the sib group we are adopting. Latvia aslo would prefer that you have a plan for keeping their Latvian culture as part of their life and also requests some kind of foloow up so they know what happened to their children you have adopted.
An agency is NOT required.
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