EXPEDITED CHINA PROGRAM

The current timeline for this program is approximately 3 years from log-in-date to receipt of referral but timelines are unpredictable and can change at any time.

General Information:

• Families will qualify for an expedited referral if they meet all of the requirements listed below and a) one of the adoptive parents was born in China, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan or b) if both parents of one of the adoptive parents were born in China, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan (government issued documentation is required as proof).
• Open to all provinces except Quebec.
• The majority of adoptions have been infant girls between 7 and 16 months of age at referral.
• Most of the children reside in orphanages.
• Minimal health information and no familial history are provided with referral.
• Adoption finalized in China.
• Neither China nor most provincial Ministries will permit placement of a child if couple is pregnant or has a baby under nine months of age
• Completion of post placement reports is required by the CCAA at 6 and 12 months home.

Requirements:

• Applicants must have reached the age of 30 and be under 50 years of age.
• No same sex couples or single applicants permitted to apply.
• Couples must be married for 2 years and have no more than 2 previous marriages. If previously married, current marriage must be minimum 5 years in length.
• Applicants must be free from criminal record and in good physical and emotional health.
• Applicants must be free from the following conditions: AIDS, cancer, intellectual disability, infectious disease, blindness, deafness, physical disability, lupus, epilepsy, schizophrenia, less than two years after stopping medication for mental illness such as depression, 10 years post surgery of organ transplantation, 10 years free of drinking if history of alcohol abuse.
• Cannot be noticeably overweight (Body Mass Index (BMI) cannot exceed 40. Go to www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi to calculate your BMI.).
• Both applicants must have a high school education (or equivalent vocational education) or higher.
• The family’s net worth cannot be lower than $80,000 US (for conversion to CAD go to www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi)
• Families must have fewer than 5 children in the home with the youngest at least one year of age.
• At least one of a couple MUST be a Canadian citizen.

Process:

• Completion of a home study and approval in province.
• File translated and notarized by The Children’s Bridge, sent to China and processed through central adoption service in Beijing (China Centre for Adoption Affairs - CCAA).
• Family must travel to China to complete the adoption and must stay for 13 – 17 days in which a translator/guide accompanies the family and is available 24 hours a day.

Timelines:

• Completion of home study varies but average is 3 – 6 months.
• Approval in province varies from 4 – 20 weeks.
• Travel is approximately 10-12 weeks after receipt of referral.

Cost:

The total estimated adoption cost for this program is $30,000 - $32,000CAD. This estimate includes everything from home study to travel and stay in China for 2 people.