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CHOICES Adoption & Counselling Services
CHOICES is committed to providing a professional comphrehensive, client centered adoption service which best meets the needs of everyone in the adoption constellation with paramount consideration given to the best interests of the child.
Bulgaria
Families in most Canadian provinces are welcome to apply to adopt from Bulgaria.
Bulgaria has signed and ratified the Hague Convention
CHOICES offers in-house facilitation for the Bulgaria program.
Requirements
Single parents and married couples are eligible to apply. Parents must be at least 18 years of age, and the minimum age difference between the applicants and the child to be adopted is 15 years.
The Children
Children must be at least one year of age (unless with a medical disorder or special needs) in order to be available for international adoption. Longer wait times apply for children under the age of three years.
Children from Bulgaria usually have an olive complexion, and brown or black eyes and hair. They are usually of Bulgarian, Roma, Turkish, or Armenian descent. All children reside in orphanages.
Timeframe
After completion of the homestudy, a dossier is prepared in Canada, which will constitute the official application to adopt in Bulgaria. The combined homestudy and dossier process may take several months.
2 trips are required, with approximately three months between trips.
It is difficult to provide a specific time frame for the adoption process as the political situation and legislation of any country is subject to change. CHOICES cannot estimate at this time how long it may take to receive a proposal.
