Haiti Adoption Process:
Beginning to End

*** NOTICE ***

Information Valid For
US Residents Only

This is meant only to give you a high-level overview of the Haiti Adoption Process. Once your decision to adopt is confirmed and you begin the process, please contact us to request an adoption package which defines each step below in greater detail.

1. Apply for a passport (for you and/or your spouse)

2. Complete a Homestudy

3. File I-600A (Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition)

4. Compile Your Dossier

5. Authenticate Your Documents (Notarize) 

6. Send Completed Dossier to Haitian Consulate for Legalization

7. Send dossier to HCRM with three copies.

8. I-600A Approval (Form I-171H or I-797C will eventually arrive in the mail)

9. Enter/Exit 1st Legal (4-8 weeks)

10. Enter/Exit IBESR (6-10 months)

11. Parquet Approval 

12. Enter/Exit 2nd Legal (8-10 weeks)

13. Enter/Exit MOI (child receives passport approval).

14. During MOI, you should complete and gain approval of I-600.

15. Visa application is filed and appointment for adoptive parents is scheduled.

16. Return to the United States to bring your child home!

17. Obtain U.S. Birth Certificate and Proof of Citizenship (N-600)

18. State re-adoption, post placement reports and supervision are completed as required.