[umang2000]

Hi,

I have a niece and nephew in India both of which have a son and daughter between the age of 10 to 18. Every time I travel there I feel so helpless since both my niece and nephew live in poverty and their bright children can not attend good schools or have access to decent medical care, I have tried helping by sending money many times but that can only help so much when they just don't have access to certain amenities. My husband and I have been thinking for a long time if it is possible to adopt them and bring them here so they can have better healthcare and education. We have also discussed it with their parents, my niece and nephew and their spouses, They would love for their children to come with us as this would be best for them. Now I do not know how adoption laws work and where I would start to find any information. Some personal information about myself is that I am 53 and my husband is 58, we both have very secure jobs. We have two sons both are independent and becoming physicians the youngest is 21 and oldest is 23. I am an Indian citizen with a U.S. permenant resident greencard and my husband is an U.S. citizen. I don't know what else to add, but please contact me if you need more information also if I am at the wrong place please find out where I should look for help. Thank you.

[wannabamom]

As far as I know, you'll have to go through an agency in your state/country (foreign), and then till recently, and even now when I enquired, Indian laws were very difficult for NRIs, even so for relatives. I'm sorry I don'w want to discourage you, but I guess you could start by contacting a few adoption agencies in the place where you live, attend a few seminars, etc.... And I think they have age restrictions too, but you could always find out.

I wish you all the very best, we're in the same process too, but both of us are US citizens, and we're in our 30s.

[ADRIAN1974]

I Am Looking For Some Help On Step Parent Adoption. In The Past I Have A Friend That Found, Filed And Filled Out The Paper Work For This By Herself. I Have Lost Contact And Wondered If Someone Could Guide Me In My Search!
Desparately In Need Of Help

[MamaMarie]

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news,
I believe that one adoptive parent can not be above 45, and the commbined age of the couple can not be above 90. I have also heard that you can not adopt family members unless the parents are willing to give up their rights.
Contact an agency that deals with Indian adoption to find out what your options are. If adoption is not an option, is there another way that the kids could come stay with you - just as if they were staying with you, but for a few years?

[spaypets]

Rather than trying to adopt them (which you couldn't do because they aren't orphans under US law), you could bring them over on some kind of student visa. An immigration attorney could assist you.