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First India Program Family - Welcome Home!

America World Adoption’s India Program is proud to announce our first Indian adoption earlier this month!  This is a picture of the family showing off their adoption paperwork, following their appointment with the U.S. Consulate.  Our agency is rejoicing with this family in their successful adoption and we’re excited to see more children come home from India.  

India Program Updates

CARA, the government department that oversees adoptions in India, has reopened to new applications. One of the changes in the processing system includes a new worldwide monthly quota for applications from prospective parents. America World has recently successfully registered several families in this new system. CARA is still working through new procedures for centralizing the adoption and referral processes, therefore the wait time for a referral is unknown. Families are encouraged to contact AW staff with their questions regarding the India program.

 

Update on India

Unfortunately, India’s central adoption authority has announced that they will delay receiving new dossiers to their office through the remainder of the year.  The correspondence our agency received today from CARA said, “This is to inform you that due to administrative reasons it would not be possible for CARA to receive dossiers for inter-country adoption for a further period up to 31.12.2011 or until further orders.”  

Previously, CARA indicated that new dossiers would be accepted in October 2011.  The reason given for this delay is that the adoption authority stated they want to clear the pending cases that are currently being processed.

Our agency is committed to additional prayers for those families who are currently building dossiers and are informed from today’s news of a slowdown.

New Program: India

We are excited to announce a new international adoption program in India. We are now accepting applications for this pilot program, which is expected to take approximately 16 - 24 months from application to coming home with your child. The children available from India are 3 - 12 years old at the time of referral, and families may request a child with special needs. Please click these links to learn more about the:

• Process
• Requirements
• Cost

If you have questions about this new program, feel free to call our office or email india@awaa.org. We look forward to helping you begin your adoption journey.