{"id":14130,"date":"2025-09-01T21:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ec.usembassy.gov\/?page_id=14130"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:39:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T02:39:51","slug":"adoptions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ec.usembassy.gov\/services\/adoptions\/","title":{"rendered":"Adoptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide dark-blue-section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAdoptions \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section id=\"top\" class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide light-purple-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p>This section provides an overview of the intercountry adoption process. The process varies greatly, as it is governed by the laws of the countries where the adoptive parents and the child reside (which in the case of the United States means both federal and state law), and also in which of these locations the legal adoption is finalized. Additionally, if the child\u2019s home country is a party to the Hague Adoption Convention, the Hague processes of both countries must be followed. Prospective adoptive parents should consider all of these factors when evaluating what to expect.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"applying\" class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide light-blue-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"toptitle\">Why Adopt?<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><blockquote><p>\u201cThe child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her personality, should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding. \u2026 [I]ntercountry adoption may offer the advantage of a permanent family to a child for whom a suitable family cannot be found in his or her State of origin.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hague Adoption Convention, Preamble<\/h3>\n<p>Every child benefits from a loving home in deeply profound ways. \u00a0Intercountry adoption has made this permanently possible for hundreds of thousands of children worldwide. \u00a0When children cannot remain with a relative, and new parents within their communities cannot be found, intercountry adoption opens another pathway to children to receive the care, security, and love that a permanent family can provide.<\/p>\n<h4>Some additional resources:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.childwelfare.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Child Welfare Information Gateway<\/a><br \/>\nA service of the Children\u2019s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/adoption.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medline Plus<\/a><br \/>\nA service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthychildren.org\/English\/family-life\/family-dynamics\/adoption-and-foster-care\/Pages\/Internationally-Adopted-Children-Important-Information-for-Parents.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Academy of Pediatrics<\/a><br \/>\nInternationally Adopted Children: Important Information for Parents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cMy Administration remains committed to helping every child find a loving home.\u201d \u2013 President Barack Obama, Presidential Proclamation of National Adoption Month 2012.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section id=\"detailed\" class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide light-grey-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"toptitle\">Detailed information about the adoption process<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><p>To adopt a child from another country and bring that child to live in the United States, you must first be found eligible to adopt under U.S. law. \u00a0The federal agency that makes this determination is U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), part of the Department of Homeland Security. \u00a0You may not bring an adopted child (or a child for which you have gained legal custody for the purpose of immigration and adoption) into the United States until USCIS determines that you are eligible to adopt from another country.<\/p>\n<p>For detailed information on Adoptions and the process to follow, please review the <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/Intercountry-Adoption\/Intercountry-Adoption-Country-Information\/Ecuador.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel.state.gov website under Ecuador \u2013 Intercountry Adoption<\/a>. 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