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Bethesda, MD 20814
301-664-9664
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Falls Church, VA 22042
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Adopting from El Salvador
At-A-Glance
Who can adopt from El Salvador?
 | Married couples, 25-45 years of age (the older parent
cannot be more than 45 years older than the child) |
| Single women |
| Families with children already in the home |
| Prior marriages OK |
Children available for adoption
| Infants up to 4 months of age at time of referral (up
to 1 yr. at placement) |
| Placing biological siblings |
| Infants in private foster care while waiting for
placement; older children may be in orphanages
Either gender, families may specify gender |
Process
| Apply to The Barker Foundation |
| Complete pre-adoption group, homestudy |
| Complete dossier (Barker takes care of all steps of
authentication) |
| Dossier sent to El Salvador |
| Referral comes, usually within 12 months of submission
of dossier |
| Salvadoran court process (takes approximately 8
months) |
| Adoption decree issued; new birth certificate and
Salvadoran passport issued |
| Family travels to San Salvador for short stay to pick
up baby, returns to US |
| Following 6 month post-placement period, family
readopts in the US |
| Baby receives US Citizenship following completion of
readoption process |
Other information about Barker's El Salvador program
| We began working with our attorney in El Salvador in
1985 |
| We have Spanish-speaking staff on our Barker
International team, to translate documents going between the US and El
Salvador |
| English-speaking guides in El Salvador to help
families navigate through the system there |
| Families receive regular medical updates on the baby
after referral, as well as periodic photo updates |
| Average processing time from initial application to
placement 12 months
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