Re: Please Join Me in Congratulating
asif and tofi
please tell them any information they give us would be kept in strict confidence.
I will give them all info. here is a little basic info to get them thinking
Azerbaijan-- this was a country we had been considering for some time
pros- organized program, facilitated, no headaches much of the work is done by adoption agencies of paper work, documentation, translation
cons- expensive..its almost like selling kids. the cheapest agency was $11K for one child $5K for another one. another cn is that the program is imploding and they keep closing it every few months and reopening ir, there are ppl who are in the process for years. U get sent referrals in mail e.g. pics, video of the kid and u decide yes or no, if u decide no then they will refer another one and another one. the cost in general right now is almost 15K per kid, so if someon wants to adopt 2 kids they will have to shell out 30K since the cheap one I mentioned is reviewing its fees also and I bet they will raise em to the same level as other agencies
Pakistan: pros- no language issues, you know the terrain, if you know ppl things will get done even quicker ( i know of one lady who just adopted from Pakistan, in addition there is a very good group on yahoo about adoption from pakistan which is an excellent resource), no adoption fee.
cons- can not take the kid out of the country for 6 months. Do not get correct information from Edhi folks and need someone to go there personally to talk to them and start the process. You will get half info e.g. we were told we could not adopt 2 children, while the fact is u can not adopt 2 newborns due to the high demand, older kids..even 6-7 month old kids or toddlers are available and u can adopt more than one of them if you wish. I believe one of the parents must be Pakistani to adopt.
Morocco- pros- no adoption fees, you can visit the orphanages and see the kids before you make a choice, involved officials will try to do their best to help you. some fees for process and support but well worth it.
cons- they wil not just send u pictures so you have to go, language isues are massive, all documents are typed (no computerization) so slow going, have to grease wheels to get things going, process is not clear for adoption by on morrocans or non morrocan residents (we were the first) so confusion exists.
I am working with some folks in Morocco to put together a more organized program for ppl who want to adopt so eve if ppl have to pay some charges they get a guide, get their documents trasnlated, and someone facilitate the process because otherwise it can be harrowing.
Adoption from India is possible also but by the time we got to it, we had already started on Morocco so I dont have much info there. I dont think u have to be Indian to adopt, but I was advised that for Pakistanis there may be additional hurdles, official or non official because thats just the way things are.