Bay Area Adoption Services

Timeline

As of June 2006

Application to BAAS	Class Paperwork Homestudy and Fingerprints	Program Counseling	Completed Dossier	Send Dossier Wait for Referral	Referral	Paperwork goes through Courts	Travel to bring child home	Post-placement Meetings/Finalization
$200 (Application & Pre-adopt class fees) $1300 start homestudy services					1/2 of overseas fee	1/2 of overseas fee		$1000 if inter-country
		$1300 prior to final homestudy visit $700 Adoption services & Program fee due before the finalized homestudy						$600 readopt if adopt abroad
	$100 older child class (BAAS)
4-8 months			1-15 months				1-6 months

Total time: 12 - 26 months; most families come home with a child between 14-23 months.

You have some choices along the way, which will impact how long the process takes. If you are flexible about whether you will take a boy or a girl, or are willing to find a child in any country as opposed to a particular country, then the process will be closer to 12-14 months. If you want a girl from a particular country, then the process can be much longer, from 18-26 months.

Usually the adoption program services fee is paid in two increments.

You should receive your I171H approval notice from CIS no later than 5 months after the date you do your FBI fingerprints.