Introducing the CAS Haiti Program…We welcome you to be a pilot family!
The first five pilot families will receive a fee reduction.
Quick Reference
Children
Age: 9 months to 9 Years
Parent Requirements:
Age: 35 and up
Marriage: Married, 10 years
No more than three children already in the home.
Estimated Process Timeline:
From dossier to referral: 3-5 months
Civil court approval to travel: 14-16 months
Travel: 1 trip, 5-7 days
Children Available
The children available for adoption from Haiti are of African heritage. Most of the children have a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. Infants and children through 9 years of age are available for international adoption. Children with special needs are also available.
Eligible Applicants
Married couples and single women ages 35 and older can adopt children from Haiti. There is no maximum age limit for adoptive parents; however, adoptive parents 50 and older should be open to a child 3 years and older.
Program & Process
Carolina Adoption Services is working with the Maison des Anges orphanage. This orphanage is located in Tabarre, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. The children are well cared for with an average of five children to one caregiver. There is a clinic on the orphanage grounds and a pediatrician visits twice weekly. Children that are two and older attend pre-school.
Carolina Adoption Service’s staff is here to assist families with every step of the dossier. Once submitted, the dossier is sent to our partner in Haiti and presented to the Institut du Bien Etre Social et Recherches (IBESR), which is the central adoption authority. Once the IBESR grants approval, all paperwork is submitted to the Tribunal Court for approval and issuance of the decree of adoption. From submission of dossier until the child is referred takes approximately 3 to 5 months. You will receive considerable information about a referred child. This information consists of a medical, social, developmental and background report along with pictures of the child. Families are welcome to visit the child they have been matched with in Haiti while waiting for approval and issuance of the decree of adoption.
Adoptive parents will make one trip to Haiti, which lasts 5-7 days and includes an interview at the US Consulate in Port-Au-Prince for the child’s immigrant visa. Parents are met at the airport by an in-country representative and are escorted throughout their trip.
The country
Haiti is a small island located in the Caribbean, which was established in 1804. This country is approximately the size of Maryland and features two beautiful mountain ranges and two great valleys. Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic and has a population of approximately 8.7 million people.