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Korea Adoption Alliance ProgramKentucky Adoption Services, Inc. proudly partners with a very experienced and long-established child-placing entity functioning in South Korea. KAS, Inc. works closely with Kentucky and Missouri families providing home study services and additional regular correspondence as they adopt from Korea. Children are escorted to United States, and families will travel to a US airport to pick up their baby. Families apply to Kentucky Adoption Services for Homestudy services, as well as the partner agency for Child Placement services. Applications must be submitted to and approved by both agencies. Please contact KAS, Inc. for current information about this exciting program.
General Adoptive Parent Requirements
To be eligible to adopt from Korea, parents should be between 25 and 44 years of age and should be married for at least three years. Previous divorces are accepted, but more than one divorce per spouse is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Both infant girls and boys are available for adoption from Korea, but males are more prevalent. Families may only request a female child if they have only a son or sons in their home. Health history, including current body mass index and use of medications, criminal history and financial status will all be considered for families seeking adoption from Korea. Contact KAS, Inc. for details.
The Home Study
Only Kentucky families utilizing the home study services of this agency are eligible to participate in our Korea Adoption Alliance Program. Please refer to the KAS home study page for a detailed explanation of our home study services.
Immigration Paperwork
The next step, which can be done concurrently with your home study, is to file the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS formerly INS) paperwork, form I-600A. We will provide adopting families with specific instructions about how to obtain and submit the form I-600A in the Guide to Services that can be sent to your family upon request. This form is basically your application to Immigration to adopt a child, and in this case, specifically from Korea. After the I-600A and home study has been sent to the Kentucky USCIS office, you will receive an appointment to come to the USCIS office in Louisville to be fingerprinted. The BCIS office then has 60-90 days to issue an approval or denial of your I-600A application. Let us know when you have received your approval, called the I-171H as your case pending in Korea will be ready to progress.
Required Documentation
Korea does not require that adopting families submit a dossier, although Korea does request specific documentation be included with their adoption application. Your KAS home study worker will help you with these documents.
Referral
The current wait time for a child from Korea after a family is paper-ready is between one and six months (referrals of infant girls sometimes take longer), and adoptive parents can expect to have their child escorted to the United States approximately four to eight months later. Referral information includes as much detail as we receive from our overseas counterparts, including photographs with medical and social history. Updated information after acceptance of referral is occasionally available.
Travel
According to information received on November 4, 2009 at least one parent will need to travel to Seoul, South Korea to bring the child home. Escorts with this program are not currently permitted. |
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