Recently, many Americans have become victims of Cameroonian con-men/women offering to place their children for adoption through the Internet. Americans should be very cautious about sending money or traveling to Cameroon to adopt a child from an orphanage they have only heard about through e-mails. The competent authorities for intercountry adoption are the Ministry of Social Affairs and the High Court (Tribunal de Grande Instance) that has jurisdiction over the place of residence of the child to be adopted. Cameroon does not have adoption agencies. In general, any orphanage may release an orphan for adoption. However, in order to help protect themselves and the children from the possibility of fraud or other serious problems, prospective adoptive parents are advised to consider first the list of accredited orphanages available at the Ministry of Social Affairs. Should prospective adoptive parents wish to hire a Cameroonian attorney to assist with the adoption, they can obtain a list of attorneys from the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé.
Americans have become victims of Cameroonian con-men/women
The African child adoption by rich Americans these days seem so low...
Its an act to make themselves popular...maintain their figure... and at the same time do the dog a favour (I say dog, because that is how I feel they think about these children).
Are white children adopted by blacks? ... there are many rich blackpeople around the world...
I think if both societies make the adoption among ethnicities legal...then it suits.
There are white children in Africa also who are for adoption by white people. There are many scams going around from Nigeria and Cameroon with not only adoptions but also with dogs and parrots. I would be very careful.
Each and everyone of them Cameroon adoptions are a Scam. Not one child was allowed a visa to be allowed into this country last year nor the year before so Yes they are scams yes they will lie and it sounds good. That fee is Outrageous look up the annual income of someone in that country that fee could support a whole community and then some. The parents always died or some tragedy befell them that is the usual story. Do not believe them not even the cute kid pictures they are likely to send to you.
My Dossier is finally approved by polish government. Now it is just a waiting game. As you said in one of your messages it is whom you know. So, where should i go from here? Please e-mail me (kasiaw70@yahoo)
You first need to have a home study done, tranlated into Polish, then contact an orphanage. Best to have a knowlegable lawyer working with you. Could take about a year or so.
I am Polish, currently living in Australia and am also an Australian citizen, my husband is Italian, physicist worling for a local university. I would like to talk to you directly if you do not mind. Could you please get in touch? My email address is maxluxusATgmail (replace AT with the equivalent symbol). Thanks Agnieszka
I just found your Forum. My husband and I are very interested in adopting a child from Poland. We live in Maryland, U.S.A. Is anyone familiar with an adoption agency in Maryland that assists with Polish adoptions? Do we have to use an agency, or can we "do this ourselves"?
I have family in Poland, and my father is Polish. Just over a year ago, I got to meet a Polish cousin, and hear the Polish language spoken for the first time (none of my immediate family were taught to speak Polish by their parents, my grandparents). I almost cried. I am 39 and will be 40 in November 2008. My husband is 43. He has a 9 year old son from a previous marriage. We would appreciate any information on the process, including experiences. Thank you!
My husband and I are very interested in adopting a child from Poland.
The first thing you should do is check the age requirement for parents. I think you could be on the limit.
The process involves: mental health checks, suitability of housing, and they will ask how important adoption is to you. For example, will you take an older child or a child with problems. You have to give the right answers to these questions.
I am currently working with Saint Mary's International Adoptions out of NC. They've got their act together, especially, with all of the new Hague rules.
Sorry guys , my issue might be a little bit different, i am currently 16 weeks pregnant by a polish bloke who is not very keen on the baby,as much as i would like to have this baby im petrified of being on my own & not being able to cope so i am seriously considering putting the baby up for adoption, btw the baby will be of mixed race me being afro......I been scouring the internet on how to place a baby for adoption but most info i got was from USA nearly next to nil from UK,
Thread attached on merging: HI FROM NEW JERSEY! ANYONE ADOPTING RECENTLY FROM POLAND?
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF OUR HS AND WANTING TO ADOPT FROM POLAND. I AM 1/2 POLISH. IS IT HARD TO ADOPT A HEALTHY GIRL UNDER 4 YEARS OLD? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM POLAND APPROVAL TO REFERRAL TO TRAVEL? ANYONE? THANKS.
I'm new here too so wanted to welcome you to the PF.
I'm afraid I can't answer your question about adoption but I wish you all the best of luck in achieving your dream.
Fertility issues have brought me here, I've read lots recently about people travelling to Polland from the UK for IVF treatment & so wondered whether anyone has an interest in Surrogacy who would like to share stories as I am a Surrogate Mother in the UK.
I can give information to anyone looking in to Surrogacy too.
Krysia or anyone who knows, my case is a little different. My husband and I are considering adopting in Poland, only because we currently live in Poland. We already have a child adopted from the US so we are very familiar with that process. My question is, how does our living in Poland change the procedure? Obviously we wouldn't need to work with an American agency, correct? Can we go straight to the orphanage we wish to adopt from? Can we do a private adoption since we live here?
We are looking for a bi-racial baby and would love you to consider us. If you are still interested in finding a loving couple who will cherish your baby please reply. Please let us know if you have already made arrangements for adoption.
Since you seems to know a lot about the subject, could you please tell me where to start? We would love to do an adoption from Poland ourselves, I don't want to use any agency, I went on that web-site that you posted, My only question is could you please tell me how much home study cost and do you know any good agency that can do that for us? I would love to get someone's referral instead of just going to someone. my e-mail is cathys1979@yahoo
hi there we are in the uk wanting to adopt a baby we are mixed race couple liveing in south of england near london my husband is black and im white, we are finding it very hard at the moment due to scams that people are doing saying yes and then saying no they dont want to give there babies up for adoption i cant have children and my husband and myself long to be parents,we are very honest,truthful,loyal,and work very hard somtimes i wish somone would help us with this.we live in the south east so just outside london, we have a very large house that we own ,we are middle class people whom long to be parents a baby that comes to us would not want for anything. he/she would have the best of everything so please contact us at littleoneonlytrue@yahoo.co.uk thank you
