| Adopting from Taiwan last updated 23 Octobert 2007 Tanner (2nd from left) and Luc (in Stroller) are both from Taiwan, thanks to Fl. Home Studies and Adoption - the ladies are from China, and Nicholas, (far right) is Russian Child and Juvenile Adoption Information Center (linking adopted Taiwanese children to their birth families) - http://www.adoptinfo.org.tw/EN/AboutUs.aspx Agencies ACCEPT Adoption and Counseling Center - http://acceptadoptions.org/ Cathwell Social Services http://www.cs.org.tw/en/08.htm Choices Adoption (British Colombia) - http://www.choicesadoption.ca Commonwealth Adoptions -http://www.commonwealthadoption.org/ Enfants d'Orient (Quebec) - http://www.enfantsdorient.org/ Faithful Adoption - http://www.faithfuladoption.org Family and Children's Agency (FCA) http://www.familyandchildrensagency.org Families for Children - http://www.adopttaiwan.com Florida Home Studies (adopts from Cathwell) http://www.flhomestudies.com/ Heart Sent Adoptions http://www.heartsent.org/ Home of God's Love Orphanage (can adopt directly from them) http://www.homeofgodslove.org Journeys of the Heart - http://journeysoftheheart.net/international/taiwan.html New Hope Family http://www.newhopekids.org/index.cfm?pageID=91 Open Door Adoptions http://www.opendooradoption.com Palmetto Hope - http://palmetto-adopt.com/ Shiloh Adoptions - http://www.Shilohadoptions.org Special Children, Inc - http://www.specialchildreninc.com/international.php St Lucy's Center (Runs an orphanage in Taiwan) http://www.stlucycenter.org/ Reaching Out Through Int'l Adoption http://www.adoptachild.us/Programs.htm" Thursdays Child http://www.tcadoption.org Adoption Groups Adopting from Taiwan (open to all interested parties) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adopting_From_Taiwan Taiwan Adoption for parents who have completed Taiwan Adoptions http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Taiwanadoption Taiwan Adoption for parents adopting directly from St Lucy Orphanage http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Stlucycenter Adoption Links Adopt Law - translation Services http://members.aol.com/adoptlaw/ Adoption Bank Account http://www.hiskidstoo.org Adoption Forums http://www.adoptionforums.com/bulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=3 Adoption News http://www.adoptionheadlines.com Asiana - Translation Service http://www.asiana.com Assistant Stork (courier service in DC) http://www.asststork.com Adoption Travel http://www.adoptiontravel.com Blessed Kids - http://www.blessedkids.com/ (For translations of home study reports for an international adoption agency and translation services for adoptive parents) Document Legalization (for your dossier) for NY, NJ, CT and PA http://www.taipei.org/visakit04.htm#1 Eva B Donaldson Adoption Institute (late breaking news on adoption) http://www.adoptioninstitute.org Growth Charts for Taiwanese Children http://www.stlucycenter.org/news.html INS Forms and Fees (BCIS) http://uscis.gov/ Internet Law Library (for questions on Re-adopting, etc, good place to look) http://www.lawresearch.com Photolisting (Check out CSS and Catt) http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/waiting/index.html Queensland, AU - adoptive families of Taiwan http://www.geocities.com/theiafq/taiwan.html Rainbow Kids (some personal adoption stories from Taiwan) http://www.rainbowkids.com RaisingChinaChildren - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RaisingChinaChildren Re-adoption Information #1 http://www.readoptiononline.com Re-adoption Information #2 http://www.fwcc.org/readoption.htm Re-adoption Information #3 http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=292 Taiwan Adoption Info http://taiwan.adoption.com Translator - Yanfen e-mail her at: yanfenms@hotmail.com. Translator - Rebecca Bogosian e-mail her at Rebecca_Bogosian@hotmail.com Adoption Process http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_335.html Adoption Agencies listed on the state dept page: Catholic Welfare Services - http://www.cc.org.tw E-mail: Rosa0125@ms22.hinet.net Christian Salvation Service - http://demo.pqcstudio.com.tw/csstpe2/ E-mail: csstte@ms14.hinet.net The Pearl Buck Foundation - http://www.pearl-s-buck.org/ The Home of God's Love - E-mail: teskales@ms6.hinet.net and Bevanna@ms15.hinet.net Charitable Family Care Foundation - http://www.familycare.org/network/p03.htm Humanitarian Aid in Taiwan http://www.comeunity.com/adoption/charity/taiwan-agencies.html Orphans Voice (aid for children left behind, sponsor a child) http://www.orphansvoice.org Orphanage Club - http://tasoc.tripod.com/index.htm Cultural A Glance At Taiwan (many great cultural links, pictures, folklore, sightseeing, etc)- http://tiscsvr.tbroc.gov.tw/en/ Child Welfare League Foundation, ROC http://www.children.org.tw Religion in Taiwan - http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/culture_society/religion/taiwan.htm Taiwan Human Rights Report - http://www.tahr.org.tw/ Taiwan Online Community (chat groups for just about everything in Taiwan ) - http://forumosa.com/3/ Government American Institute in Taiwan (acts like the American Embassy - immigrant visa info- http://ait.org.tw/ Taiwan - Embassy Listing worldwide http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/taiwan3.html TECO -http://www.roc-taiwan.org/ US State Dept background notes - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2813.htm Maps Council of Indigenous People in Taiwan (statistics, maps) - http://www.apc.gov.tw/en/index.aspx Gov’t of Taiwan Webpage (lists with each county and township) - http://www.cec.gov.tw/hotnews/file/%E5% Map of Taiwan Highway and Railway System - http://www.gio.gov.tw/taiwan-website/2-visitor/map/map/002.htm Mapzone Page for Taiwan (many links for travel, gov’t, etc) - http://www.mapzones.com/world/asia/taiwan/ Political Divisions in Taiwan (county level to the village level) – http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Political_divisions_of_the_Republic_of_China Taiwan Map (allows you to enter an address and do a search) - http://www.taiwan-map.com/ Taipei County with Townships - http://www.moiland.gov.tw/translation/taipei.htm News Central News Agency – http://www.cna.com.tw/eng/ Taipei Times (daily newspaper) - http://www.taipeitimes.com/News Orphanages Cathwell - http://www.cs.org.tw Christian Mountain Children's Home - http://www.twcmch.org/ Taiwan Mission (pictures of The Home of God's Love ) - http://www.jayden12.com/archives/ccf/missions/taiwan/hogl.html Photos Historical Pictures of Taiwan - http://taiwanresources.com/info/history/photo.htm Pictures of Taiwan (and other links) - http://www.picturesofplaces.com/Asia/taiwan.html Travel - Click Here Weather/Time Time in Taiwan - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=241 Weather in Taiwan - http://www.wunderground.com/global/TW.html Comments, Questions - E-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 4/26/06 |
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