<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> Adoption Fees

Niños Huérfanos (neen-yohs WEAR-fan-ohs) SPANISH "orphan children"

AGENCY, FOREIGN and DOSSIER FEES

"honest and efficient"

a 501(c)(3)
organization

An adoption always has a cost. If there were no fees charged the people working to bring your child home to you could not spend the time to do the tasks necessary. Our agency fee includes a reassuring level of excellent service adoptive parents need and deserve while their case is in our hands.

***Application -$ 200
***Services agreement (contract)- $1200
NHIA program and placement (agency fee)- $6000

*GUATEMALA Foreign fee - $18-24000

^UKRAINE foreign fee - $11-13,000
**other DOSSIER + TRAVEL***-------------------------------------------------------------------
I-600a Filing Fee Increase Information:
Effective July 30, 2007, the filing fee for this application will increase to $750 (including biometrics for one person) plus $80 biometric fee for each person 18 years of age or older living with you. Applications postmarked on or after July 30 2007 must be accompanied by the new fee.

Homestudy - varies by state and agency, $800-$2000.

Notary per Document varies, free - $10

State seal or apostile for dossier, per document- varies by state, $3 - $25

Guatemalan consulate authentication - dossier - per document, $10.

Ukraine - your state Apostile per document, $15-$25

DNA testing - $350-$470.

Guatemala 5 days Travel - average $1200-$2500
US embassy Immigrant Child Visa - $380.

Ukraine - your state Apostile for each dossier document -$15-$25

Ukraine Travel 4-6 weeks- average expenses
$Food $1200***
Lodging $1500***
US embassy Immigrant Child Visa fee $380***
Travel in Region $700***
Orphanage donation $500***


Some expenses that you encounter while completing your adoption are variable. Your advisor will answer any questions regarding these expenses. . Niños Huérfanos is not responsible for any non-agency fee changes.
As information becomes available we will inform you of any fee changes.
*Guatemalan Foreign fees will generally fall in a range from $18,000 to $24,000.
^Ukraine Foreign fees will generally fall in a range from $11,000 to $13,000.
**other expenses are subject to change.
***non-refundable

Adoption fee schedule (pdf)

Refund policy (pdf)


 

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