Bulgaria Adoption

Bulgarian Adoption Agency

We are uniquely positioned to do Bulgaria adoptions because our acting Agency President is Bulgarian born!  She knows how Bulgaria works!  She knows the best people, including the best attorneys, to work with in Bulgaria.  The overall adoptions from Bulgaria have been increasing in recent years.  Bulgaria’s adoption process is some of the most straightforward when compared to other countries.

Bulgarian Adoption Agency

We are uniquely positioned to do Bulgaria adoptions because our acting Agency President is Bulgarian born!  She knows how Bulgaria works!  She knows the best people, including the best attorneys, to work with in Bulgaria.  The overall adoptions from Bulgaria have been increasing in recent years.  Bulgaria’s adoption process is some of the most straightforward when compared to other countries.

Bulgarian Adoption Requirements? 

Bulgaria has some of the most easy going requirements of all countries.

• Older parents accepted. (50+)
• Parent must be at least 15 years older than child.
• No Marriage Length Requirement.
• History of divorce is okay.
• Income has to only meet CIS requirements.

How Can I Afford It?   

Our agency’s fee structure is like no other – in that it is structured on your personal timetable. 

• Our fee structure is designed with our clients in mind – giving them time in between fees becoming due.
• We offer 6 mo and 12 mo Interest Free Payment Plans.
• We can help you with 3rd party low interest financing options:  5.99% APR over 60 mo.
• We can help you with third party grants.
• Domestic fees are payable with a credit card via PayPal.
• Adoption Tax Credit is nearly $14,000 per child adopted.

“Traditional Route”

Step 1

Select a country that suits you.  Find an accredited agency that has experience working with the country you like.

Step 2

Let agency help you prepare paperwork.  Includes “Home Study“ and “Dossier”.

Step 3

Complete Home Study to get CIS Approval.  Get “Apostilles” for all dossier documents, including CIS Approval.

Step 4.

Turn in complete dossier, including Home Study and CIS approval to Bulgarian MOJ.

Step 5.

Wait on MOJ to propose a child that would match your family.

Step 6.

Choose to accept your child, and schedule first trip to go meet them. (See a family who recently accepted their child).

Step 7. 

Trip one.  Meet your child.  Before leaving, give consent to continue adoption. (See a family’s blog showing their videos/pics from their first meet).  See an article about “Bulgarian Orphanage Conditions“.

Step 8.

Few months later, on your second trip, go to pick up your child. (See a family’s blog who recently picked up their children from the orphanage)

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Related Articles | “Bulgarian Orphanage Conditions“.

Combining Both

In order to adopt a Bulgarian child, whether you pursue a traditional adoption or the expedited waiting child adoption, you ultimately have to complete the same adoption requirements.  Therefore, since the adoption paperwork, such as the home study, CIS approval and dossier are the same, you could always start traditional and switch to waiting child if you like.

This means that if you have taken the decision to adopt, you might as well begin on the paperwork requirements.

As you advance through the paperwork, you can always be monitoring the waiting children whose process is expedited by the MOJ.

If you see a waiting child you’d like to pursue adopting, your file would look that much better because you would have already made progress towards your required paperwork.  In the eyes of MOJ, this means that the child can find a home more quickly which would be in his/her best interest.

Adopting a waiting child can be a much quicker process from start to finish.  Our latest case only took 18 months all together.  See that family’s story here.

On a case per case basis, there could be grants and/or discounts when pursuing a waiting child adoption, especially if the child is over 7, or if they are siblings.

A traditional Bulgarian adoption can take longer, but you can specify more about the age and health characteristics of the child that you wish to adopt.  You can also eliminate known medical risk factors.

Our latest traditional adoption was also very quick – about 15 months from start to finish!  See that family’s story here.

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