Haiti Adoption Costs    info   |  inquire

Application fee: $200

Adoption Guides Agency Fee: $3500 as of May 1

BCIS (formerly INS) fee: $545, plus $70 for each person in the adoptive home over age 18       for for fingerprinting (additional charges for adopting more than one unrelated child).

Haiti Foreign Adoption Fee: $9900 for one child with Chances for Children Program. $9000 for second child adopted at at the same time.

Dossier authentication in your state: $150 approximately.

Haiti Embassy authentication: $225

Translation of dossier: $375

Home study: $800-$1800 (depending on costs in your state)

Child's visa and medical check-up to enter the U.S: $400

If DNA testing is required on the child, this will be extra. Travel to Haiti by one or both parents for three to four days, or escorting is available. For families whose combined adjusted gross income is under $170,000 per year, IRS tax credits will repay you over $11,000 per child against ANY expenses incurred in your adoption. This includes  your travel etc.