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Just another comment. Remember that Taiwan does not have a centralized adoption system, like China. American agencies link up with one or more orphanages or social welfare organizations in the country, and those foreign organizations will have their own rules, which may be more strict than those of the country.

Be sure that you know which foreign orphanage or social welfare organization your agency partners with in Taiwan, what rules that organization has, how long adoptions via that organization are taking, and so on. I would be leery of an agency that does not tell you, up front, the names of the Taiwanese organizations with which it works. The well known foreign organizations know and respect U.S. laws and ethical standards, but they may differ in such things as whether birthparents are involved in choosing the adoptive families, whether there is a long wait for referral, fees, and so on.

Sharon