The following is an overview of fees and expenses that prospective adoptive parents will likely encounter for services related to the adoption process. All fees are subject to change. Please contact Adopolis for the most recent fees that may apply to your specific case.
Agency Fees include the expected total fees and estimated expenses for all adoption services, other than the home study, that will be provided in the United States, including but not limited to personnel costs, administrative overhead, operational costs, training and education, communication and publication costs, and any other costs related to providing adoption services in the United States.
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Application Fee
Paid on submission of application form. |
$500 |
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Agency Fees in connection with the adoption of one child.
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$7,500 |
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Fees will be $2,000 higher for siblings and determined on a case by case basis for multiple non-related children. Fees are due and paid in two parts: The first half with the submission of the international adoption services agreement, the second half when the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services USCIS I-600A, or I-800A Application is approved
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Evaluation of a special case or evaluation for a transfer (If Applicable)
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$2,000 |
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Annual maintenance fee for cases taking longer than one year to complete:
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$300 |
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Express courier delivery service of documents
(Varies depending on the number of deliveries made during the process, families can provide Adopolis with their own express service account number.) |
Approx. $400 |
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Per child, is paid once with the submission of the adoption services agreement.
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$815 |
1. When the home study is prepared by Adopolis for families resident in the District of Columbia or outside the United States. (For foreign residents, travel expenses for required in-person home visits must be included.)
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Application fee for the home study for any international adoption program.
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$500 |
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Home Study preparation.
Paid in two parts: First half with the submission of the agreement and second half at the completion of the home study report. |
$3,000 |
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Home study update/amendment for families in the District of Columbia
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$1,500 |
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Process and child specific education for prospective adoptive parents provided by Adopolis.
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$300 |
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Education/training minimum 10 hours for prospective adoptive parents. It will be paid to the provider of the training.
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$300 to $500 |
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Child Care (if applicable)
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Approx, $150 – 450 mo. |
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Post-adoption services as required by the foreign country for families in the District of Columbia. The number of required visits, if any, is determined by the country (see schedule B). Each visit with a written report. (For foreign residents, travel expenses for required in-person home visits must be included.)
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$500/per visit |
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Post-adoption report translation (if applicable) and express mail to the foreign country per report.
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$200 to $300 |
2. When the home study is prepared by a supervised or exempted provider agency for families resident in other states. (A Supervised Provider Agreement must be executed between Adopolis and the other agency.)
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Home study prepared by another agency, paid to that agency, varies.
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$2,000 to $3,000 |
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Adopolis review of home study prepared by a supervised or exempted provider agency (paid to Adopolis)
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$250 |
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Update or amendment of home study prepared by another agency, varies
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$1000 and up |
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Post-adoption services in the United States as required by the foreign country prepared by another agency. Each visit with a written report.
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$300 and up |
Foreign Country Fees include the expected total fees and estimated expenses for adoption services performed in connection with the adoption of one child, including but not limited to program development, personnel costs, administrative overhead, operational costs, training and education, communications and publication costs, translation of documents (if applicable), document authentication, other document expenses, and any other costs related to providing adoption services. As well for compliance with the USCIS I-600 or I-800. Fee due with the submission of the child's adoption documentation from (Name of country) for our review and verification. $3,000
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Should it become necessary to properly process your adoption plan, you and Adopolis will engage a Foreign Supervised Provider (FSP). The cost of this is estimated to be
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$3,000 to $9,000 |
This will only be done with your agreement. The most usual reasons for engaging a Foreign Supervised Provider would be if any of the required six adoption services are not provided by a competent governmental authority. Documents originated from governmental authorities need to be obtained to meet the US Department of State and USCIS requirements.
All fees paid by Prospective Adoptive Parent(s) must be paid through Adpolis. The Foreign Supervised Provider shall submit invoices for all expenses in accordance with services performed. Such invoices shall state a description of each specific service performed. The fees shall be designed to provide maximum transparency for prospective adoptive parents.
The Foreign Supervised Provider agreement will contain a document with itemized fees and a payment schedule. In (Country) fees depend on the number of children that a family is adopting.
Agency fees paid to Adopolis cover performance of services and are non-refundable. Payment of fees does not guarantee the referral of a child or successful completion of the adoption case. Refunds of Foreign Country Fees will be made on a case-by-case basis, to be determined by the Foreign Providers to which the money was paid, based on work completed. Refunds cannot be made for services that have already been performed. All requests for refunds must be made in writing to Adopolis, which will forward the refund request to the Foreign Providers for their consideration. Any refund to which the family is entitled for services not yet rendered will be paid within sixty days of completion of services.
These estimated third party expenses are the sole responsibility of the prospective adoptive parent(s). These expenses may be changed at any time by the providers of the services.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) I-600A/I-600 or I-800A/I-800 form.
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$920 |
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Special fees: Currently Adopolis does not charge any special fees for special services such as cultural programs for adoptees, scholarships, or other services. If such a program were to be established the line item in the fee schedule would have an amount listed. There would be an explanation listing the country it is for and the humanitarian programs it supports. If it existed it would support the above underlined activities.
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$0 |
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Contributions: Adopolis does not have a fee for any fixed contribution amount or percentage that the prospective adoptive parent(s) will be expected or required to make to child protection or child welfare service programs in the child's country or in the United States.
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$0 |
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Psychological assessment (If applicable)
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Approx $1,500 to $3,000 |
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Department of State, U.S. passport, per adult.
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Approx. $135 |
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Adoption Visa for travel to (country), each parent (If applicable)
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Approx. $100 |
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Dossier preparation and authentication of documents
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Approx. $500 |
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Medical review of child referral - Physician fee.
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Approx. $ 400 to $600 |
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Independent physician and lab tests for the child.
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Approx. $350 |
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Child’s (country) passport.
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Approx. $120 |
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US visa per child
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$325 |
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Child’s medical exam and TB test for issuance of US Visa.
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Approx.$500 |
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Miscellaneous documents (eg. photos, document copies).
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Approx $200 |
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Airfare per adult / per trip.
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Approx. $1,500 |
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Airfare expense per child.
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Approx $1,500 |
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Lodging varies depending on number of trips and time required to be in country. Per week.
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Approx. $1,200 and up |
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In-country transportation. (depends on location)
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$300 and up |
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Departure tax per couple (If applicable)
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Approx. $150 |
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Finalization of adoption in the United States for Custody/Guardianship cases
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$1,000 and up |
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Re-adoption in the US court system. (If desired)
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$1,000 and up |
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Update of documents
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$200 and up |
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Translation (if applicable) of updated documents and courier service
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$200 and up |