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- 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.
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