10 Easiest Countries to Adopt a Child

Today we are going to take a look at the 10 easiest countries to adopt a child. Click to skip our introduction and methodology and jump to the 5 Easiest Countries to Adopt a Child.

Adopting a child is a life-changing step. At first, it’s inevitable for you to check out your motivations before going forward. What are your reason for adopting? From the beginning to the end, intercountry adaption is not an easy thing. Are you ready to travel to the destination country, couple of times if necessary?

Governments have a lot of requirements for adopting a child, such as marital status, parental age, age gap, your health, net income, number of children at home, among others. Then there’s the question of your future child’s characteristics. You will need to be very honest to yourself and decide what you can accept and tolerate, and what not.

In order to compile this list of the easiest countries to adopt a child, we have consulted the sites of Adoption.org and Adoption.com. We chose the countries where most children were adopted from, and then ranked them by checking if they are present in the Hague Convention country or not. Naturally, Hague Convention countries are ranked higher, as during adopting process you are highly protected.

Let’s see the 10 easiest countries to adopt a child, starting with number 10:

10. Taiwan

Hague Adoption Convention Country? No

Number of children adopted from the US in 2016: 59

Taiwan is the first country where you can easily a child from. Prospective parents must be  20 years older than the adoptive child. If they are married, one of them has to be 20 years older the other one can be 16 years older. .

9. Colombia

Hague Adoption Convention Country? No

Number of children adopted from the US in 2016: 131

Referral time is generally only 2 months! Placement is also as little as 6-8 weeks after referral! Generally only one travel is needed.

8. Ethiopia

Hague Adoption Convention Country? No

Number of children adopted from the US in 2016: 182

You can only adopt if you are married at least for five years and rarely single women. Prospective parents must be between 26 and 65 years old

7. Uganda

Hague Adoption Convention Country? No

Number of children adopted from the US in 2016: 187

Although Uganda is very popular to American couples, there is an important requirement regarding to adoption. Both of you have to foster the prospective kids in this country, for at least 12 months.

6. South Korea

Hague Adoption Convention Country? No

Number of children adopted from the US in 2016: 260

South Korea stands on the sixth spot on our compilation of the easiest countries to adopt a child. Only married couples can adopt, with at least three years long marriage duration.

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