Welcome to Heartsent Adoption Program in Thailand
Program Overview- waiting times have decreased!
Thailand is a beautiful Hague country offering a rich culture with strong heritage and traditions. Heartsent has been working in Thailand for many years, enjoying a personal relationship with the staff and administration of the Thai Red Cross Children’s Home after the Executive Director and her husband adopted from there years ago! Children available through Thailand are normally between three to five years old when they come home for the healthy toddler program, and can be available from two years old up to 10 years old for special needs children. Average wait time is approximately two years.
Adoption Process
Once families have completed their home study they must submit their dossier to Thailand for approval. The dossier is a packet of information about the adoptive family. Once Thailand approves, they will begin to make referrals of children that you may be open to adopting. In recent years, it takes our families approximately one year until they receive the referral of their child. This timeframe can change, depending on the many factors of international adoption. Call us for up to date information about referral and travel times for your adoption Once an adoptive family has matched with a child, it takes another eight to 10 months to bring that child home. Adoptive parents finalize and then register their adoption in their state once they return. The post-placement process requires a certain type of license from the home study agency, so this should be checked with Heartsent prior to making the choice of home study agency to begin the adoption.
Travel
Thailand requires adoptive parents make one trip when they come pick up their child. This trip should last about two weeks and our families are assisted throughout the entire travel process!
General Eligibility
Adoption Process
Once families have completed their home study they must submit their dossier to Thailand for approval. The dossier is a packet of information about the adoptive family. Once Thailand approves, they will begin to make referrals of children that you may be open to adopting. In recent years, it takes our families approximately one year until they receive the referral of their child. This timeframe can change, depending on the many factors of international adoption. Call us for up to date information about referral and travel times for your adoption Once an adoptive family has matched with a child, it takes another eight to 10 months to bring that child home. Adoptive parents finalize and then register their adoption in their state once they return. The post-placement process requires a certain type of license from the home study agency, so this should be checked with Heartsent prior to making the choice of home study agency to begin the adoption.
Travel
Thailand requires adoptive parents make one trip when they come pick up their child. This trip should last about two weeks and our families are assisted throughout the entire travel process!
General Eligibility
- Only married couples are accepted into this program.
- Couples should be open to gender.
- Couples should be married at least two years.
- Applicants should be under 45 years of age to adopt a healthy toddler, it is most important that the adoptive mother be 45 or under, the adoptive father may be slightly older
- Couples can supply a letter of infertility from a doctor.
Program Updates
Thailand is such a wonderful country to adopt from, many families have inquired and started processing in this country. Waiting times have come down and can now be close to two years to complete an adoption from Thailand. Children are beautiful, healthy toddlers and up (3-7) at the time of referral. Please call us for up to date time frames if you are interested in adopting from this country! Both 2016 and 2017 were great years and we expect more child referrals to come in 2021-22 and families to travel to receive their children. Please inquire about healthy and waiting children from The Land Of Smiles- Thailand.