Adoption Costs

One of the biggest questions (and comments) people ask when they find out we are adopting is...
"ISN'T ADOPTION EXPENSIVE?"

The answer is "YES"...

Adoption is an expensive process but most families are not set out to pay all the fees themselves.  Most families receive donations, grants, etc... to help with the large financial burden. 

Every adoption is different.  The country you adopt from, the agency you use, cost of travel, etc... are all factors in determining the final cost of adoption. 

This is what we are looking at our family's adoption costs being for our Haiti Adoption.

Initial Costs (till Dossier Submission)

Application Fee                                                               $300 
1st Installment Program Fee*                                      $3500
Home Study                                                                     $2250
Adoption Training                                                          $139   
Documents, Physicals, Background Checks               $2397
Immigration Application, Update, Fingerprinting   $890 
                                                                                             $9476
Dossier Submission and Waiting for Referral

2nd Installment Program Fee                                      $2250
Translation of Dossier                                                   $1500
1st Installment International Program Fee               $2000
Courier Service                                                               $250  

Home Study Update to Renew I600                          $450
Home Study Update to Apply for I800                     $500
Application with switch to I800                                 $720
                                                                                           $7670
At Referral

2nd Installment of International Program Fee        $5750
Referral Translation  Fee                                              $450 
I600 Fingerprint renewal                                             $170
                                                                                            $6370  After Referral& Exiting IBESR

3rd Installment Program Fee                                       $2250
Post Adoption Admin Fee                                             $750
3rd Installment International Program Fee              $5750
Child Embassy/Visa Fees                                              $825
Home Study update-due to moving                            $550 
                                                                                            $10,125

Travel

Trip One Airfare                                                             $500
Bonding Trip In Country Expenses                           $5055
Homecoming Trip Airfare                                           $2438
   * we used the last of our air miles     
Trip Two In Country Expenses                                   $2000
                                                                                           $7993

"optional" (in our hearts mandatory travel)

Family Trip so the girls could meet their brother    $2850
   *thankfully we had enough air miles to make this 
    trip about $2400 cheaper.

Stacie's trip- Sept 2017                                                  $900
    * again we still had enough air miles to make this
       trip about $600 cheaper.

Stacie's trip- January 2018                                          $1023
    * again, with air miles this trip was cheaper.       

Post Adoption

Post Adoption Reports/Visi                                         $1400


GRAND TOTAL         $47,807   

*a little higher than normal due to us switching programs
highlighted amounts are estimates.