| Adopting from Cote D'Ivoire last updated 2 May 2006 http://www.interet-general.info/article.php3?id_article=942 Adoption Information US State Dept info - http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_368.html “Persons interested in adopting in Côte d''Ivoire must first identify a child available for adoption. This can be done with the assistance of the Ivoirian Department of Social Welfare, or by contacting directly the administration of an orphanage. There are many orphanages in Côte d''Ivoire, but not all children in the orphanages are available for adoption....The Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy maintains a list of attorneys fully qualified to handle all legal aspects of international adoptions.” Requirements: Marriages with 5 years of coexistence - Unmarried people ok - Families with children are accepted, but priority is given to infertile couples. Age of parents 30 years old, if married, at least one parent must be 30. Parents must be at least 15 years older than the child they adopt. Dossier Translated into French. Authenticated by the Embassy of the Ivory Coast. - Letter to the court of first instáncia, in which the total adoption of a boy or girl is asked for. - Certificate of suitability (Home Study) - Psycho-social Report - Certificate of Birth - Certificate of marriage (only for marriages) - Faith of life and state, in case of unmarried people - Official medical Certificate and medical certificate of infertility, in case this one is the reason for adoption. - Criminal record - Letter of recommendation - Photograph of the applicants and their familiar surroundings Government Consular Info Sheet - http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1094.html Embassy of the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (no web page) 2424 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20008 Telephone: (202) 797-0300 Permanent Mission of Cote d’Ivoire to the US (In New York) - http://www.un.int/cotedivoire/pages/f1_pg.htm US Embassy, Adibjan, Cote d’Ivoire - http://abidjan.usembassy.gov/ Links of Interest Abidjan.net (in French, online magazine, links to Ivoirien newspapers, discussion forums, etc) – http://www.abidjan.net Article on adoption from Cote d’Ivoire (in French) - http://gsevenier.online.fr/adoptionafrique.html Cote d’Ivoire address/phone #’s of gov’t ministries - http://abidjan.net/gouvernement/adresses_ministeres.htm Friends of Cote D'Ivoire - http://www.friendsofcotedivoire.org/ Ivory Coast Info on Tribes - http://www.nsu.edu/resources/woods/ivcoast.htm US State Dept background notes on Cote d’Ivoire - http://foia.state.gov/MMS/postrpt/pr_view_all.asp?CntryID=38 Maps Library of U Texas Maps of Cote D'Ivoire - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cote_d'ivoire.html Norfolk State University Map - http://www.nsu.edu/resources/woods/ivcoast2.htm News Abidjan News - http://www.abidjan.com/ All Africa News - http://allafrica.com/cotedivoire/ Orphanages - Click Here Weather/Time Time and Date - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=1 Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/IV.html Changes? Bored? Need chocolate? - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 4/16/06 |
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