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Hello! We checked the procedures and costs to adopt a child in CR. The procedure looks reasonable, the child’s well-being is the main priority.
The costs look crazy, unless most of that money goes to help other children instead to being profit for the adoption agencies.
As a CR resident, is it easier and less pricey to adopt a CR child? Thanks!
Sorry! But apart from getting a Police Report (which really is quick and painless) as far as I know, there are no “reasonable” procedures here.
A few years ago friends of ours – a married couple both of whom were diplomats who worked full-time for two different embassies – (in other words you couldn’t find a more ‘respectable’ couple) tried adopting here and gave up after 2 years, it is far from “reasonable.”
I honestly don’t know if you have to be a Costa Rica resident but I don’t think so…
Having said that, please don’t take my word for it, everything could have changed and it could be a much smoother process now.
Good luck and please let us know how you get on …
Scott
Thank you Scott! The procedure looked reasonable on paper, now I understand that is different from how bureaucrats put that in practice… I noticed the number of yearly from US was were low, that would confirm the procedure is still tough.
I’ll keep you posted when I find out more. THANKS!
An American friend and former neighbor ‘has sort of’ adopted a Costa Rican child….[i][i]but his spouse is Costa Rican citizen[/i][/i], although in reality it is a ‘long term lease’ by PANI. They had previously met the baby’s mother, who is a drug addict, before the baby was born, and she ‘agreed that these friends could adopt her baby’. Of course, it is not so simple as that, as the baby had multiple medical problems due to the mother’s drug use. PANI has the last say in every aspect of this baby’s life.
I do think that you are required to be a citizen.
[i]Red tape covers the whole country[/i] and starting this procedure could break you heart…Thank you for sharing! It is sad to see that this red-tape is keeping children away from loving families.
I don’t think we could agree to this kind of agreement. Raise a child without knowing where he/she will be moved next.
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