How to Adopt Internationally: A Guide for Agency-Directed and Independent Adoptions, Revised and Updated Book

Introduction

Chapter 1 Is International Adoption Right for You?
Chapter 2 Parents' Journals
Chapter 3 Understanding International Adoption: An Overview
Chapter 4 Choosing the Right Agency
Chapter 5 Obtaining State Approval: The First Steps
Chapter 6 Preliminary INS Approval
Chapter 7 Application to a Foreign Source
Chapter 8 The Referral
Chapter 9 Filing the Orphan Petition
Chapter 10 The Adoption Trip
Chapter 11 Meeting Your Child
Chapter 12 Preparing for the Trip Home: Adoption, Emigration and Immigration
Chapter 13 A Parent's Guide to Health Problems of Third World Orphans
Chapter 14 After You Return Home: Postplacement, Readoption, and Citizenship
Chapter 15 Parenting the Adopted Child

Compendium of Information for Child-Placing Countries
AFRICA - Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Sierra Leone
ASIA - Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lebanon,
Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
EUROPE - Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova,
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia,
Serbia-Montenegro, Slovenia, Turkey
LATIN AMERICA - Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad,
Tobago, Venezuela
OCEANIA - Marshall Islands

Index to Sample Forms and Documents
Home Study Guidelines; Statement of Net Worth; Medical History; Police
Clearance; Letters of Reference; Photos for Home Study; Environmental Health
Checklist; Fire Prevention Checklist; Form I-600A (Application for Advance
Processing of an Orphan); Consent and Approval; Form I-864A; Form I-171H
(Notification of Favorable Determination); Power of Attorney; Statement of
Competency; Jurat Form; Verification; Apostille; Form I-600 (Orphan
Petition); Form OF-230 (U.S. Visa Application); M-370 (Color photo
specifications for U.S. Visa); Affidavit of Adoptive Parent; Medical
Examination for U.S. Visa; Postplacement Supervision Report Guide; N-643
(Application for Proof of U.S. Citizenship); Form SS-5 (Social Security
Application).

Appendix of Resources and Contacts
Bibliography of Recommended Readings
Index