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Process

At CHOICES, you will need to sign up to put your profile on the Domestic Registry. Your profile is made up of your homestudy, a letter you have written to the expectant mother or parents, and photos of you and your family. When we work with expectant mother or parents who have decided on an adoption plan for their child, they make a list of what they are looking for in an adoptive family. Based on their requirements we show them profiles from our Registry. CHOICES will guide you through the process.

You can also decide to adopt from the United States after you have completed your home study. The children available in the US come from an ethnic mix of North American Society and many African American children. As an adoptive parent you will need to choose and apply to an adoption agency in the USA to help facilitate your adoption. Adoption is possible from Family Resource Center and A Bond for Life. We are hopeful that there will be more agencies to choose from in the near future. If you know of an agency that is Hague accredited and supports same sex adoption we are open to exploring that with you. Once you have chosen to work with an American agency you will need to complete and apply to sponsor your child with immigration. Retain the letter you receive from the case processing center that confirms your application to immigration. You will need this document to cross the border with your child. Your US adoption facilitator will assist you with obtaining your child's passport and your adoption order. As an adoptive parent you will need the child's original birth certificate. CHOICES will request a letter from the ministry called a Letter of No Objection which you will need in order to cross the border back into Canada. You will also be required to complete three Post Placement Reports required at 1, 3 and 5 month intervals.

Most of our placements are newborns. It is in the best interest of the child to be open about your adoption. CHOICES encourages openness with birth family and extended family. This could take the form of an exchange of letters and photos, and may also include phone calls and visits. This is not a legally binding agreement, but a moral agreement between you and the birth family.

There are Waiting Parent’s groups across the province for prospective adoptive parents to get together and discuss adoption issues and questions. There are lots of adoption resources to connect to before and after your child is placed with you. If you are adopting transracially, you should make connections in your community that will help your child develop. Contact the Adoptive Family Association for resources near you at 1 604 320 7330.

There is no timeline for domestic adoption as the decision of who they place their child with is left entirely up to the expectant mother or parents.

If you are interested in adopting one of BC's waiting children please call the office and ask for Laura Carin. 1 888 479 9811 or call the BC Waiting Children line at 1 877 ADOPT 07

If you are interested in teen adoption please visit our teen site