Find and join your local Families with
Children from China chapter. Many chapters have special activities
for waiting families. You will also have a variety of events to attend
where many happy and healthy Chinese children will be present, this is
always good for the waiting parents morale.
Frequently asked questions about adoption from
China. This is a complete overview of the process and has answers to
many of the usual questions about the process.
Full Protection under the Law Wills, Guardianship, Life
Insurance, Re-adoption, Citizenship By Tia Marsh. Additional
materials by CJ Lyford, esquire, Sheena Macrae, Susan Olding and
Vivienne Webb This is a nuts and bolts guide that will help anyone who
has adopted internationally determine what paperwork they still need to
do and why. It is so important to protect our children in any way we can
and here are a number of suggestions to do just that. Find it at
http://www.emkpress.com and click
on the guides/resources tab. As always, downloading is free, just fill
in the form at the bottom of the page.
The US Embassy in Beijing
has a website that includes official announcements from the China Center
for Adoption Affairs. Included on this site are the specifications
released in June 1998 as to the requirements for the two post placement
reports that are now required by CCAA.
Got the CarSeat Blues? Check out
Fit For A Kid to
get directions on how to correctly install that darn carseat. Also a
database of Daimler-Chrysler dealers that offer carseat installation.
Keep your child safe.
Internet links to general
adoption web sites. These links are to information about adoption in
general and cover a variety of topics. Also links to other sites with a
broader coverage of international adoption.
Our listing of Book Reviews of books
of interest to the China Adoption community.
Links to a variety of information about
China, get to know your child's
country while you have some spare time.
Growth Charts Here are the growth
charts for Chinese Girls and Boys.
Health and Medical Information The
scientific information on the health of children adopted from China is
limited but favorable. Here are links to what we have available. In the
FAQ, we have information on the two major
clinics that deal with international adoption health issues.
Looking for a Chinese school in your area? Here is the website of the
Chinese School Association which may
help you out.
You will need to apply for a Social Security Number for your child.
The current application form
including instructions are available online. They also have a search
engine to locate
your nearest Social Security Office or you can look in your phone
book. You will need to bring the childs birth and adoption certificates,
green card, and your drivers license. Take the child and all of the
documents to your local social security office and fill out the one page
application. The clerk will make copies of documents 1-4 and gives you
the originals back on the spot. You should receive the card in the mail
in about 6 weeks. You can do this by mail but this requires you to mail
the original documents to SSA. Note that single parents may ignore the
item in the instructions about supplying the SSN for the non-existant
other parent.
Passports: Following the effective date of the Child
Citizenship Act of 2000, the State Department has posted an
FAQ sheet that
includes instructions on how to apply for a passport for an adopted
child in the absence of the hard to obtain citizenship certificate.
Here are links to groups of families from the same
orphanage/city/province as your child.
The
Directories List. is a compilation of the contacts for directories
and parents groups for different orphanages, cities, and provinces.
Thanks to Bob Crawford for maintaining this list. Another possible
source of contact information is
My Home
Town. "A page for children adopted in China to learn about
their home towns and home provinces." A work in process that should
become a wonderful resource. An additional source is the collection of
groups now hosted on Yahoo, see our page on
email listserves for links. Lotus
Travel has compiled a (hopefully)
complete list of
Chinese Orphanages that families have adopted from. This list
includes the mailing address for each orphanage listed . Please
email corrections to Kim at: kim@lotustours.net.
The Mall You can also spend your time
browsing through sites that sell many China related books to read to
your child and other items of interest.
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