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Originally Posted By Donna

we are almost finished with our international adoption. It was spendy and took a about 10 months but we are picking him up in 3 weeks. Its cost almost 22,000 (with travel)but 10,000 will come back in a tax return so I feel it ws totally worth it. People say well i dont have 22,000. So thats basically costing 11,000.. We here ya go dont go on a vacation this year that save you at least 1000.00 ( use your visit trip as a vacation).. you are already paying for a home study for domestic adoption/foster care thats another 1500-2000.00..Then you have another vacation for around 1000.00(your pick up trip can be your next year vacation)and you get a loan for the rest which is aroung 6000.00.. For peace of mind no birth mom wanting there kids back and the child you pick yourself throuigh pictures and medicals. Its alot of paper work very little classes maybe 3 hours...and your done in...

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Originally Posted By Sharon

Hi Donna,
I just lost 6+ months on a dishonest lawyer who mislead me on difficulties of adopting from Lithuania and Romania. What country did you adopt from? And did you look into domestic foster/adopt? I'm now considering that as an option, but based upon bulletins I just read on this site it seems to take even longer than foreign adopt. Much less expensive, for sure. But I also wonder how much choice there is. I'd love to hear from others who have foster/adopted. How many children did you have to choose from? How long did it take, etc?

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Originally Posted By Connie

Sharon,
I think the wait is longer for those wanting a specific child. The more open you are to age,sex,and race, the less time you have to wait.There are all kinds of adoption avenues to explore to see which works for you. Don't give up hope. We are all hopeful and pray to have our wait as short as possible. Hang in there.