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Note: Effective September 2008

Due to the extensive timeframe to complete a “healthy child” adoption from China, Family Resource Center is not currently accepting new applications for our China Program. If you interested in adopting a child in China’s Waiting Child Program, please contact Jane Turner, Associate Director at (773) 334-2300 or via email at jturner@f-r-c.org.

Steps to Adopt from China

You begin by attending an International Program Introduction Meeting. Here you can explore whether international adoption is appropriate for you, and if adopting from China is the best alternative. You can ask questions, learn about the process and decide if you want to move forward.
You then submit an Application to FRC and come in for an Initial Application Interview. After learning more about the program and FRC beginning to learn more about you, you will be asked to submit your first documents.
After this initial interview your home study will be scheduled, which involves an in-home interview with one of FRC 's adoption specialists.
Your home study social worker will guide you through the process of applying for a foster care license (required by DCFS in Illinois).
As you collect each document, FRC will arrange to have it authenticated by the Secretary of State 's Office in the state where you reside and the appropriate Chinese Consulate.
This home study phase typically takes about 3 months.
Once you have completed your dossier, we will arrange to have it translated and sent to the China Center for Adoption Affairs (CCAA). From there the process is in the hands of the Chinese government. Wait times vary month to month, but FRC keeps close tabs on the process. Call us to learn what the current wait time may be.
During this wait time your dossier will be logged into and processed by CCAA. The officials will review your application and match you with a waiting child. You will then receive the much-anticipated referral which is the packet of information all about your adoptive daughter (or son.) Typically there will be several photos, medical reports, a developmental assessment (Is the child sitting unsupported, can she hold a block, etc.) and information about where the child was found.
Families fly to China approximately 7 weeks after receiving their referral. You will travel with your group (typically 6 to 10 other FRC families) and will meet your child the next day. The next five days are spent in the province awaiting adoption documents and your child's passport. Once the group's documents and passports are issued, you will depart for Guangzhou, home to the US Consulate, for the last few days of the trip. Your group will stay at the White Swan Hotel and complete the necessary steps to apply for and obtain your child's immigrant visa for entry into the United States. Families typically return to the US via Hong Kong. Total travel time is between 12 and 14 days.