Building Blocks Adoption Service, Inc
Chinese Adoptions

Update: Adoption of a baby in China continues to be the most affordable and reliable adoption program available. While the wait is long, we find many families prefer this program for the purpose of saving funds to complete their adoption. Once you receive a referral, travel is quick. 

Travel Arrangements to Complete Your Adoption of a Child in China:
One or both parents may travel to China to complete their adoption. Parents usually travel in a group with several other  families. One trip of approximately two-three weeks is all that is necessary to complete the adoption. Travel and accommodations are all inclusive in the China travel fee, which may include 5-star hotels, most meals, and transportation in country, in-country airfare, guides, and sightseeing and airport taxes. This will be a once in a lifetime trip. 

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Due to the nature of international adoption information contained on this site is subject to change without notice. 

What's Involved in the Adoption of  a Child from China? The government office responsible for adoptions of a child in China is the Ministry of Civil Affairs, specifically the CCAA.  Applications, along with dossiers, are sent directly to the CCAA through CWA.* Once the application for adoption is approved, the CCAA will then match the application with a child in China whose paperwork has been forwarded to the CCAA by a provincial Civil Affairs Bureau. Once a child is identified, the CCAA will send a letter of introduction about the child, photographs, and a health record of the child through the U.S. adoption agency to the prospective adoptive parent(s). To finalize the adoption, the prospective adoptive parent(s) need to travel to China to complete the process. American parents do not have to travel to Beijing for approval. The CCAA will have already forwarded a copy of the adoption approval notice to the province where the child resides. Americans adopting a child in China commonly meet with a notary in the provincial capital for an informal interview. (A Chinese notary is not the same thing as a Notary Public in the United States; a Chinese notary is an official with broad-ranging responsibilities.) A translator supplied by the Child Welfare Institute is usually present at the interview. Questions commonly asked of the prospective adoptive parent(s) when adopting a child in China include: • Why are you adopting a Chinese child? • Do you have any children now (either adopted or birth)? • What is your family background? • Why do you not have children? • How can you assure us that the adopted child will be well treated?  When adopting a baby in China the children available are:  Healthy girls, infants through 6 years old. Older children and special needs children (both boys and girls) are also available for adoption from China though most are girls.  Parent Eligibility to adopt a child in China:

Marital Status • Married couples 30-50 years of age can adopt from China. • You may start the process at age 29 but the Dossier cannot be submitted until you turn 30. The age is determined at the time   the paperwork is received in China. • One or both spouses can be up to age 55 for a placement of a special needs child • Adoptive parents MUST be married • Marriage must be stable: No more than two divorces; A minimum of two years of marriage is required; If one or both of the   adoptive parents was married previously, they must be married five years prior to dossier submission

Education, Employment and Financial requirements to adopt a child in China • Each parent must have a high school diploma. • One parent must have stable employment. • Family income must meet the standard formula of $10,000 per family member (including adopted child) per year,   and cannot include sources such as welfare income, relief funds, pensions, unemployment insurance or government   subsidies • The adoptive family must have at least $80,000 in assets.

Health and Criminal Record Requirements to adopt a child in China • Both parents must be fully healthy • No mental or physical afflictions including, but not limited to: AIDS; dysfunction of limbs (no wheelchair); severe facial    deformity; blind or deaf (unless child to be adopted has same condition); severe disease with long term complications (MS,   lupus, etc.); transplants within the last 10 years; mental handicaps; psychological issues less than 2 years old such as   schizophrenia, or severe depression. China also limits adoptions if a parent is significantly overweight, parents with a body   mass index of 40 or less are eligible for adoptions. • The parents cannot have a criminal record.

Limitation of household members to adopt a child in China • No more than five children under the age of 18 (including the adopted child), the youngest child must be over the age of one.

Religion • The parents cannot be a member of a religion that forbids medical care such as blood transfusions, immunizations, etc.

International Chinese Adoption Program
Children aged 9 months through 13 years old are available, although most often the youngest available will be between 9-10 months of age. Ninety percent of the children adopted in China are girls, but some healthy boys are also available. Most children are cared for by the government welfare centers located throughout China. Children generally receive good care at these welfare centers. Referral of a child comes approximately 24-26 months after your paperwork is received in China. The child is matched with the family by the Chinese Adoption Authorities. Pictures and health reports will help you with your decision to accept a child for adoption in China. Travel is usually scheduled 2-3 months after referral. 

Note: Special Needs placements are taking between 9-12 months from submission of dossier to the CCAA!!!!

Why adopt a child from China? 
• 90% of children referred are girls
• Healthy Referrals
• Full Medical Disclosure
• Lowest costing and predictable program
• Families have time to “save” during the process, which can eliminate large loans
• Established adoption process in China
• Program fee includes a sightseeing tour of the Great Wall of China, The Forbidden City and other sights. 

Fees for travel and accommodations for your adoption in China includes 5 star hotels, most meals, transportation, in-country airfare, guides, and airport taxes, this is a trip of a lifetime