[cooperbabe]

but then, the Chinese governemnt confuses a lot of people.

Because I'm bored and feel like immersing myself in adoption info, I decided to go to the CCAA website.

They have an FAQ page for international adoptions and the first question is what requirements are there for international adopters. I figured, ok, maybe if there's info about weight and other health issues anywhere, it might be here.

What threw me for a loop, tho, is requirement number one:

Date of Post：October 10, 2005 Source: CCAA

1、In accordance with the provisions set forth in the Adoption Law of the People's Republic of China, the adopters should meet simultaneously the following requirements:

(1)Childless.
　　“By childless” is meant to indicate that the adopters have neither biological children, nor any adopted children, nor step-children.

I know there used to be a rule a few years ago that people with children could only adopt SN kids.

But this was posted as of 10/2005.

But that can't be right...I mean I've seen a bunch of blogs where people with kids already in the household have adopted.

But I don't know what to think any more

[sethsmommy]

I saw that too. oh sigh..........we have a bio son and our agency has never said anything. I will have to ask.

Any insight???

[cooperbabe]

I really think that has to be one of those things they say, but they don't enforce.

I think I know more people who've adopted from China who have kids at home than those who are adopting as first time parents.

The only thing I can possibly thing of is if they are trying to cut down on the number of dossiers coming in, they could start enforcing this (again, just a wild idea that has ZERO credibilty behind it..just my guessing)

I suppose if China really wanted to slow down the amount of apps coming in, they could enforce this and get stricter with the health requirements.

I hope they don't

[marypat31]

Hi all,

I was curious so I checked out the CCAA website. If you scroll down further on the faq page, you will find the following:

Is there any limits to the foreign adoption applicants who have already had
their own children to adopt children in China?
Date of Post?October 12, 2005 Source: CCAA
The CCAA shall give priority to the families who are childless or only have 1-2 children to adopt. As to the foreign adoptive families who have already had over 5 minors (5 inclusive) living together with their parents, CCAA shall not, in principle, make any arrangement for them to adopt children in China.


Hope this helps!

[cooperbabe]

so they essentially contradict themselves on their own FAQ page

Which is fine by me

But what does priority mean? I think everything goes by LID. I doubt they divide piles of dossiers into with kids and without kids and put the childless people into an earlier group, people with 1-2 kids in another, and people with more than that into another.

Oh, what I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall in the CCAA.

Thanks for pointing that out, marypat31

[mom23boys]

I believe that the CCAA had this on their site for a long time now. When we first started researching adoption ( a year or so ago) I looked at their website and almost crossed off China because of that statement. However- wehn i spoke to many agencies that I looked at- they all said you had to have less then four minors living at home.

Who knows- I bet they could enforce the rule now if they are trying to slow it down. For our sake- i hope they do not- I'd be out!