| Adopting from Dominica last updated 5 May 2008 Adoption Procedures http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_374.html General adoption information - http://web.archive.org/web/20041031125027/http://pages.infinit.net/sfuf/english/domin.html (Note - the original webpage is no longer active. However, the information can still be found by using http://web.archive.org) - Adoption order is pronounced by the Dominican court. - Admissibility criteria : The future adoptive parents must be at least 25 years old. The adoptive parents must be 21 years older than the child to be adopted. The couple must be married. Unmarried couples are not accepted. Single persons are eligible. Considering that only few adoptions are possible in this country, we do not accept anymore inscriptions at the moment. - Proposed Children - Children from 0 to 6 years of age. Boys and girls. Adoption of siblings is possible. - Children's health - Excellent - Traveling in Dominica - The adoptive parents must travel to Dominica to adopt their child. The duration of the trip varies between one and two weeks. Escorts are not allowed. - Translation of documents - Dominica requires that documents be presented or translated in English. Formons Une Famille will mandate a translation agency or ensure that the translation conforms to the original. Adoption Info (Links, facilitators, lawyers) Attorneys in Domincia (not all adoption related) - http://www.caribbeanonlineyellowpages.com/ Adoption.com - http://dominicanrepublic.adoption.com Adoption Forums.com - http://forums.adoption.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=135 Dominican Orphanage - http://www.4dshift.com/pictures03.html Formons Une Famille (adoption agency) - http://pages.infinit.net/sfuf/english/domin.html Offshore Services (Adoption Attorneys) http://www.goneasyoffshore.com/adoption-dominica/child-adoption.htm Government Links Embassy of the Commonwealth of Dominica, 3216 New Mexico Avenue, NW , Washington, DC 20016, Telephone: (202) 364-6791 Email Address: Embdomdc@aol.com US Embassy to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean - http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/bb1/wwwhmain.html US State Dept Notes on Dominca - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2295.htm Links of Interest Adoption Lawyers in the Caribbean (Search Engine) - http://www.caribinfo.com/lawyers.html Caribbean Forum - http://www.greatestcities.com/community/forum/Caribbean/?skip=25 Caribbean Forum II - htttp://www.caribvoice.org Caribbean On-line Yellow Pages - http://www.caribbeanonlineyellowpages.com Caribbean Cultural Association (Yahoo group) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CaribbeanCulturalassociation Caribbean Island Info - http://www.caribinfo.com/island_info.html Caribbean-search.com (search for inteesting links) - http://www.caribbean-search.com Christmas in the Caribeean - http://www.silvertorch.com/c-christmas.htm#Haiti Dominica's Carnival - http://www.avirtualdominica.com/carnival.htm Images Dominica - http://www.imagesdominica.com Mission Trips to the Caribbean - http://missiontrips.com/ Nature Isle Photos (screensavers, photographs and desktop wallpapers) - http://www.natureislephotos.com Rare Species Conservatory Foundation http://www.rarespecies.org Sisserou - folk songs - http://www.sisserou.org.uk Visit Dominica – virtual tour - http://www.visit-dominica.com Virtual Dominica - http://www.avirtualdominica.com/index.html Google Directory - http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Caribbean/Dominica Map Library of U Texas - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia03/dominica_sm03.gif News DBS Radio Home Page - http://www.dbcradio.net Dominica's leading newspaper - http://www.avirtualdominica.com/indpub News Dominica - http://www.news-dominica.com Sun Newspaper – http://www.dcasun.com Weather Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=dominica Time and Date - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=698 Suggestions, new links, good recipes? E-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 4/11/06 |
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