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What does it cost to adopt from Burkina Faso?

Kentucky Adoption Services, Inc. Agency Fees: $5,150.00

• $50 Preliminary Application Fee
• $100 Formal Application Fee
• $2,500 First Half Agency Fee due with submission of Agency Agreement
• $2,500 Second Half Agency Fee due at time of referral.

This fee covers the cost of agency personnel in the US, administrative overhead, operational costs, communications and publications and other costs related to providing services in the US. These fees may be paid with a personal check. No part of this fee is refundable!

International Fees: Approx. $8,500.00

Adoptions from Burkina Faso are governed under the Hague Treaty and all matches must be approved by the Central Authority of Burkina Faso. Referrals will be made by the Central Authority. These fees should be paid with cashier's check. A personal check may be utilized with the approval of the agency office manager. No part of the International fee is refundable and it is impossible to predict the length of process time for adoptions.

Home Study & Post Placement Fees: $1,200.00 - $3,000.00

Home study fees are determined by the agency you choose and are paid directly to that provider. KAS can provide home study services to families across Kentucky. KAS charges $1,550 Home Study fee, along with $200 per post-placement. Please call or eMail us to request a Guide to Services, which will provide more detailed information about the services and fees for KAS.

Post-Placement/Post Adoption Monitoring Fee: $3000.00

This fee is paid to KAs at the time of Dossier submission and is to cover post-placement/post-adoption monitoring, shipping of reports after the adoption and any translations of reports after the adoption if needed. $2000 of this fee is refundable if all post-placements are completed in a timely fashion. The refund will be issued upon complete of post-placements.

Adoption Education: $100.00

This fee is paid to Adoption Education LLC, as 10 hours of education are required.

USCIS Fees & Fingerprinting: $670.00 Form Fee

Citizenship and Immigration Services charges $670 to process the I-800A. This check is made payable to the USCIS and sent with the I-800A application. Please note: CIS charges an additional $670 for a second, unrelated child. This is payable to the US Embassy in Burkina Faso.

Fingerprinting Per Person: $80.00

Citizenship and Immigration Services charges $80 per person for fingerprinting.  This check is made payable to USCIS and sent with the I-600A application.

Dossier Translation & Legalization Expenses: $700.00 - 1150.00

Family will pay for acutal authenication expenses. KAS will collect and wire translation fees to translator. Families are not billed for shipping of documents.

Passport and Visa Costs $465 per child

• $400 Visa-payable at Visa Appointment
• $65 Passport - Payable upon referral acceptance.

Child Care Fees: $270 - 1590.00

• $50 Homestudy completed on child
• $100 Medical Exams for the child
• $120 Monthly food allowance for child - amount payable montly after referral acceptance.

Miscellaneous Fees: $500 - 1,000.00

We advise families to include an additional $500 minimum toward miscellaneous and unexpected expenses when planning for any adoption.

All fees are subject to change and any fees not paid to KAS are not under the control or discretion of KAS.

AS contributes a small portion of the fees collected for Home Studies and for Agency Placement Fees to humanitarian aid. KAS donates significantly to humanitarian aid through a ministry in El Salvador, donations to orphanages and ministries in Guatemala, donations to an orphanage in China, to donations to orphanages and ministries in Haiti, the orphanage KAS built in Haiti, as well as various projects worldwide.