[SAVeronika]

I'm a South African wanting to adopt internationally. We haven't decided on a country yet, only finding out how things work for us at the moment, but we're leaning towards China, Vietnam and Russia. It's very hard to find info online, as all the agencies only mention U.S. requirements. Can anyone help me with info and guide me in the right direction please? Feel free to send me a pm as well.

[intladoptionblog]

Hi Veronika,
Did you get my email?

[SAVeronika]

Sandra,
Yes, I did get your email and have been doing a lot of reading, thank you. I will email you again soon. I posted here wondering if some of the others who posted here before had any success. At the moment, I'm just having trouble finding out what other county's policies are with regards to South Africans adopting from their countries. Thanks again!
Veronika

[10-6]

Dear Veronica

The latest information I have from the South African authorities is that they only have agreements for South Africans to adopt from India.

We also want to adopt from Russia ad the Russian authorites are happy, but we need authorisation from SA which we cannot get.

If you have any positive info in this regard, or someone that can help, we would be most grateful to hear.

Thanks
P

[SAVeronika]

P,

I'm not sure what to tell you. After all this time we have not succeeded in adopting. Right now we are trying to convince a couple of government organizations to do our homestudy, but they're not interested at all. In October the new Child Care Act will be implemented and then you have to use a government organization for your homestudy. If you used a private social worker it will not be recongised and you won't be able to finalize an adoption. I'm going to send you a PM with my email address and share what we have learned so far and it will be great if you will reciprocate. I'll contact the folks in government and ask about Russia for you.

Veronika