Family Forums
Parenting Forums
Pregnancy Forums
Adoption Forums
Fertility Forums






Members List Photos Events Local Adoption Support Search Arcade Reviews Membership Upgrade
Welcome to the Forums. Register
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You may have to register before you can post or search: click here to proceed. To start viewing messages, select a forum below that you would like to view or click View All of Todays Posts.
Forum Categories
User Name
Password

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-01-2008, 07:29 PM
Melissa1978 Melissa1978 is offline
Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 56
Total Points: 8,538.96
Donate
costa Rica Adoption

we are currently working on becoming foster parents, but also want to start looking into international adoption. We would love to adopt from Costa Rica, as one of our top choices. I am trying to find some recent info on costa rica system, but i cant seem to find any.
can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
__________________
Melissa, wife to Phil, mom to Sami, Gabby and Emma
Orientation Feb 21, 2008
Special Friends Intake interview March 11, 2008
Foster/adopt intake interview March 20 2008
Intake 2 in our home April 10,2008
Dropped by agency with no explanation April 17,2008
Special Friends Training April 10, 2008
Waiting for special Friend match. Hopefully any day now

Looking into starting Ethiopian Adoption
Reply With Quote
Click Here for More Information
International Adoption Information

  #2  
Old 04-01-2008, 07:58 PM
mommytoEli's Avatar
mommytoEli mommytoEli is offline
Community Moderator

Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 7,621
Total Points: 56,370,576.98
Donate
Intercountry Adoption Costa Rica

here is the only info i can find on costa rica. jcics.org is also an excellent source of what is what with different countries in IA. good luck
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-02-2008, 05:50 PM
devildogwife's Avatar
devildogwife devildogwife is offline
Little Heart, Big Miracle

Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 4,190
Total Points: 60,355.44
Donate
From what I recall, only Americans living in Costa Rica can adopt children from there. If you aren't living there, can't happen.
__________________
Signed with facilitator 1/23/07 Profile completed & sent 2/07

M a t c h e d ! 8/23/07 Cameron is born 11/10/07 FINALIZED!!! 4/3/08

Cameron is diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome 11/10/07

Life is beautiful, but it's complicated.
We barely make it.
We don't need to understand,
There are miracles, miracles.

Yeah, life is beautiful.
Our hearts, they beat and break. (Vega 4)
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-29-2008, 12:05 PM
terryc0102 terryc0102 is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 2
Total Points: 199.14
Donate
My husband and I have just recently adopted from Costa Rica and it was not easy.
Even though he is a Costa Rican citizen, because we live in the U. S. we could only do private/direct adoptions. We were not allowed to go through orphanages, foster homes, etc.
We had his family put the word out to everyone they knew that we were looking to adopt.
There are no adoption agencies that can help other than to do the home study in the U. S. You must do all of the USCIS paperwork, etc.
It took several trips down there to meet with the authorities, lawyers, judges, social workers, etc.
Our son was born in March of 2007, but we were not able to bring him back to the U. S. until January 2008.
I don't know how exactly the Hague Convention will effect things, but I don't think there will be an immediate noticeable improvement.
I don't mean to be negative because of course I love what CR has given me - my husband and my son. Their adoption program is just unstable as far as I am concerned.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-30-2008, 05:49 PM
Melissa1978 Melissa1978 is offline
Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 56
Total Points: 8,538.96
Donate
Thank you for your replies.
We are looking into both ethiopian adoption and domestic adoption now, and weighing our options. We love costa rica and have heard a lot about the children of CR but i cannot totally neglect my 3 kids, to pursue something like that right now.

COngrats on getting your son home! that is great!
__________________
Melissa, wife to Phil, mom to Sami, Gabby and Emma
Orientation Feb 21, 2008
Special Friends Intake interview March 11, 2008
Foster/adopt intake interview March 20 2008
Intake 2 in our home April 10,2008
Dropped by agency with no explanation April 17,2008
Special Friends Training April 10, 2008
Waiting for special Friend match. Hopefully any day now

Looking into starting Ethiopian Adoption
Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off

Points Per Thread View: 1.00
Points Per Thread: 15.00
Points Per Reply: 5.00


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 09:21 AM.