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Adopting from India
At-A-Glance
Who can adopt from India?
 | Married couples with five years of stable
relationship accepted. |
| Parents should be at least 30 years of age and no
more than 45 years of age to adopt an infant. Married couples willing to
adopt an older child can be no older than 55 and the combined age of
both parents should not exceed 90 years. |
| There must be an age difference of 21 years or more
between adoptive parents and child. |
Children available for adoption
| Healthy infants 10 to 18 months and up at referral.
Older children, and special needs children also available. |
Process
| Apply to The Barker Foundation |
| Complete pre-adoption group and home study |
| Complete dossier for India |
| Dossier sent to India |
| Referral received 12-24 months after paperwork
submitted to India. The time to receive a referral is less for children
with special needs. |
| ACA (this is normally obtained PRIOR to referral) and
NOC clearances obtained, then case enters Indian court system |
| 4-6 months after acceptance of referral family
travels to India |
| Welcome your child home and begin 6 month
post-placement supervision period (India requires quarterly reports for
two years and semi-annually for three years after placement)
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| Finalize adoption in the U.S. following
post-placement (exception to this would be families where the husband is
Hindu; in those cases final decree of adoption is granted in India) |
| Child becomes U.S. citizen following finalization of
adoption |
Other information about Barker's India program
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Barker has been actively working in India since 1985 |
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