My husband and I are looking into international adoption. Married 6 1/2 years, one failed IUI, no money to chance an IVF. I'd rather save up the other half and begin an international adoption.
DH is a legal permanent resident of U.S. born in Oaxaca, Mexico.
We thought of chosing the Guatamala program because of the fastness of the whole program, the way the babies (and children) are kept (health wise).
Here's the question, I thought what if we decided to adopt a Mexican infant, would he be able to do the process by going to Mexico and not using an agency here in the United States? That would save thousands of $$ I'm sure.
Is anyone else have a situation like mine, with a DH or DW born in another country, and wanting to adopt from that country?
I really wouldn't know where to begin? Any suggestions?
i would like to know too. i had 2 opportunities to adopt newborns from Mexico, but the birth certificates would of be falsified to indicate that my husband and i were the legal parents. Did not feel comfortable at all with this situation. So the babies were "adopted" by local parents.
My husband was born in the Philippines and lived there until he was about 6 yrs. old. We want to adopt from there, but they have an age requirement where you have to be 27 yrs. old. So for us that is a few years off. I haven't researched doing the adoption the way you are talking about, so I can't help you there. Just wanted to let you know you're not the only one in that kind of situation.
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Hi, when you had the opportunity to adopt from Mexico, was that with an agency? Or someone on there own looking for some cash...as horrible as that sounds, my dh seems to say that the conditions are so poor, that, that is what is done over there.
Well, at least I got a bump on this posting, so its up longer! I really would love some insight on this.
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My father grew up in this tiny ranchno in Guanajuato, Mexico. A close family friend is the mid wife there. She is highly respected among the community and these ladies approached her on two seperate occassions regarding their circumstances. One was married, was having an affair while her husband was in the California working, and got pregnant. She was not looking for financial compensation, she was simply looking for a home for this baby. As I mentioned before, it is a tiny ranchno, therefore as you probably are aware, things don't work like they do here in the states. They have the ability to alter records and requested that my dh and my name be put on the birth records. This sounded great at the time, however, however dh and I thought it over and decided to allow another Mexican couple in a nearby town to "adopt" the child. We had already adopted our daughter -- she was about 1 yr old at the time, and after contacting our lawyer about possible problems down the road when trying to obtain his/her American citizenship, it just didn't seem like the right thing to do. Too good to be true. So the next time she called and asked if we wanted another child, we explained to her again that if we decide to adopt again, we would prefer to go with our same agency. Hope that answered your questions. Personally, I wouldn't "trust" the Mexican government. I have lots of family that live there and love the country --- but the government leaves something to be desired if you know what I mean.
My husband is Mexican-American and his cousin and her DH have been trying to adopt from Mexico for almost 2 years now with no success. They even are friends with the Governor of Chihuahua's brother (who recently adopted within Mexico). The adoption agency I am working with for a Panama adoption says that Mexico is too corrupt for adoptions to work - every time you get close they want more money, etc. Because of what we have heard - we decided to not try to adopt a child from Mexico - sorry I know this isn't the kind of information you want but I thought I should pass on what I know.
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