How To Apostille CIS Approval

CIS Approval – What is it? 

In case you you want to know, here is a little educational read about the CIS Approval

Your CIS Approval Letter which USCIS will issue upon approving your home study.  It is basically a one page approval letter that says you are approved by the US standards as favorable candidate(s) for international adoption.  In your case, it will approve you for Bulgarian international adoption.  

This is an important document because, per Hague Standards, for the protection of the children, both the US and Bulgarian governments are involved in the process in order to oversee that all rules and regulations and requirements for the protection of the children are being met.  This CIS Approval letter is the US side of your approval.  It is an important part of your dossier, which will go onward to the Bulgarian government’s Central Authority for the next steps of the adoption process.  

If you would like to learn more about the CIS Approval Process, you can read more here.   If you like to read more about the forms, you can click here.