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Originally Posted By Heather

I am beginning to look at adoption and would like to adopt a girl from China, prefer a baby or 1-2 year old. Just wanted to hear from anyone out there who had been thru this. How hard, how much etc. I'm still just a beginner! Thank you so much and God bless.

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Originally Posted By wendy

Hi Heather - First thing you have to do is search for a good agency. There are many out there and fees can be anywhere from about $13,500 on up to about $20,000. This includes the trip to China. Some agencies to start out looking at are: Dillon International (Www.dillonadopt.com - this is the one I am using). A Helping Hand (in KY - a christian agency), Harrahs, ACAA, Great Wall of China....I have heard good things about all of these agencies. They all have web sites, but I do not know what they are. You might also want to check the FCC website (FCC.org I think, but am not sure). There are some good e-mail groups in yahoogroups as well.

Feel free to contact me at wmpott@aol.com

Wendy
mom to Emily Rumki (India) - 29 months
almost DTC (Dossier to China) for Melody Faith
BOth though Dillon International

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Originally Posted By Teri

You can plan on around 15,000 dollars for the whole process, best case scenario. It takes anywhere from 10 to 15 months after you send your paperwork to China for the referral to be sent to you and then travel is taking around 6 to 8 weeks later. If you are not through with your home study you will want to get that started as it can take as much as 4 months to finish that step and it is better to have you paperwork to ins sent in quickly too. Good luck

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Originally Posted By Karen

Hi Heather, we are smack in the middle of the process of adopting from China. So far I can truly say the process has not been as hard as I thought it would be.

I think the hardest decision was choosing an agency. What we found to be really helpful was talking with people who had already completed an adoption thru China. We starting going to meetings at a local support group for families adopting/adopted from China.
It was extremely helpful to talk to these families regarding the different agencies they used and why. From there I pick 3 of the most recommended agencies and then contacted them myself. Maybe there is a support group in your area who could be of some help.

Once we decided on the agency-our China coordinator has be beyond helpful in walking us through the process. (waiting for our last visit with social worker for homestudy to be complete)

Good luck in your journey (we are using International Families, Inc)

Karen

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Originally Posted By Sharon

I have a wonderful daughter from China. She was 18.5 mo. old when I met her and is 5 now. I would be glad to talk with you. E-mail me at sak9645@aol.com.

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Originally Posted By teri

also, check out China Seas Agency. They have the most comprehensive site. Even if you dont use them as your agency you will learn a lot of what you need to know about the process and the CCAA. I found their site to be the most helpful of all the hundreds of sites I looked at. They responded to my emails within 24 hrs, most within a few hours. I have another agency I am working with called the Premier Adoption agency in Utah and chose them because they are local and have a 501 account for their clients to use for fund raising that benefits their donors with a 100 % tax deduciton. They can be found at www.premieradoption.org