![]() If you feel you are not eligible to adopt from the Philippines, or you are unsure please contact us for a free case-by-case consultation regarding your concerns. In addition to the USCIS eligibility requirements for prospective adoptive parent(s), the Philippines has the following adoption eligibility requirements. It will take years to do this process and commitment is highly encouraged. DSWD will do an assessment on the child if it is favorable towards adoption, then they will send a report to ICAB based on their findings.ĭSWD, ICAB, and the Philippines do not encourage pre- identification of children.they started to support the child if needed. The bonding of the child and the relative that wanted to adopt should be establish, meaning they communicate maybe through visit, calls, emails, letters etc.The biological parents need the parenting consent, the child should be legally available for adoption (the process will go through ICAB and DSWD).**Relative Adoption beyond 4th degree of consanguinity: The biological parents need the parental consent (the process will go through ICAB).Note: Financial difficulty of the biological parents is not reason enough for adoption. The grounds to pursue adoption: the child is an orphan, the parents separated, the parents abandoned the child, the child is neglected by biological parents.The adoption should be last option and it is for the best interest of the child.**Relative Adoption within 4th degree of consanguinity: Adoptive parents must be able to provide proof of the relationship in their dossier. If the relationship is beyond four degrees, a first cousin’s child, for example, an adoption from the Philippines would not be possible. That means adoptive parents are eligible to adopt a brother, sister, niece, nephew, uncle, aunt, first cousin, grandchild, great grandchild, great-great grandchild, grandniece, or grandnephew. Children of all ages with special needsĪdoption laws in the Philippines allow US families to adopt relatives living in the Philippines that are within four degrees of relation.Sibling groups of two or more all ages.Children available for adoption from the Philippines remain in orphanages until they are place with an adoptive family. (*Please note, the gender of the child is not able to be requested when adopting from the healthy referral program)Ĭhildren are available for adoption in the Philippines for a number of reasons that include poverty, poor health and the stigma associated with being born out of wedlock. Recently, CAN was given special approval by the Philippines adoption authority, ICAB, to place children for adoption from their healthy referral program.
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