Bulgaria Adoption
Bulgarian Adoption
With nearly 20 years of experience with adoptions from Bulgaria, our first Bulgarian adoption was completed back in 2002!
To God be the glory for 2 Less Orphans!
To God be the glory for 2 Less Orphans!
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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 FAQ
Here are some questions that we think will help you understand the Bulgarian adoption process better. If you’d like to chat to someone about any of this, please let us know.
What Child Can I Adopt?
Most children growing up in orphanages will not be in perfect health.
- Health and special needs may vary.
- Bulgaria will actually listen to what needs/risk factors you are willing to accept.
- You can eliminate medical diagnosis you can’t take on.
- Children with less needs are available, but may require a longer wait.
- Younger children (1-4) are available, but may require a longer wait.
- Children, 7 and up, who are medically healthy typically take less than 1 year wait, sometimes less than 6 mo wait.
- Our latest family waited only 3 months for siblings age 9 and 10 who are healthy. See their story here.
- Read more about children who are available here.
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.
How Long Will it Take?
Most people complete the adoption process anywehre between 1.5 and 2.5 years. Deciding factors that contribute to how quickly the process goes include:
- Your ability to complete paperwork quickly. Home Study and Dossier.
- The foreign country’s ability to match you with a child.
- Your own selection criteria of what child you’d be willing to adopt, including health and age characteristics.
How To Adopt From Bulgaria?
With the Bulgarian adoption process, you can chose from 2 routes: “Tradtional Route” or “Waiting Child Route”. (You could also combine them).
“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. While there, give consent to the adoption. (See a family’s blog with their first meet).
Step 8
Few months later, go to pick up your child. (See a family’s blog who recently picked up their children).
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“Waiting Child Route”
Step 1
View waiting children. Consult with a doctor about child’s special needs, if any.
Step 2
Use an accredited agency to submit your “MOJ Application” to Bulgarian MOJ.
Step 3
Upon approval of your application by MOJ, let your agency help you with the Home Study, CIS Approval, and Dossier
Step 4
MOJ typically allows you 6 months to get your Home Study, CIS approval and complete dossier.
Step 5
Use an accredited agency to present completed dossier, including Home Study and CIS approval to MOJ.
Step 6
First trip. Meet your child. While there, give consent to the adoption. (See a family’s blog fromt their “first meet”).
Step 7
Few months later, on your second trip, go to pick your child up. (See a family’s blog who recently did just that!)
Combining “Traditional” and “Waiting Child”
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.
Related Articles | How Many Adoptions are “Traditional”, and How Many “Waiting Child”?
Related Articles | “Bulgarian Orphanage Conditions“.
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Bulgarian Adoption Cost
We have a very precise breakdown of the Bulgarian adoption cost on our cost page below.
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In our 18 years of experience, we’ve never lead our client through the adoption process and ended up charging them any extra fees than what is documented above.
Our fees are well documented and we’ve never had anything change on anyone whom we’ve served. No clients of our had ever paid any additional, or unforeseen fees.
Therefore, we are comfortable to promise that our fees will not change. What we list above is what you can expect. 100%.
Our Experience with Bulgarian Adoption
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