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C
hina
Orphanage Visit -
The schedule and activities at your orphanage will
depend
on the director and staff.
Before you visit your
China
orphanage, you will explore the capital city of your
orphanage province. This is most likely
the location
where you first met your son or daughter. You will
be able to share your feelings at your initial visit
as you and your child retrace your first steps
together. You will strengthen family bonds as your child walks with you over the paths of your
adoption journey.
You will be escorted to
your orphanage where you will greet the current
director and staff. You will visit the place where
your child waited to join your family. Perhaps you
will be greeted by some of your child's original
caregiv
ers.
If you ask ahead of
time, you might have access to your child's original
documents. You will meet some of the current staff
and see the facilities where your child spent her
earliest days. You will see some of the children at
play and visit the nursery where other children now
wait for their forever families. You will have lunch
with the orphanage staff and learn about changes and
improvements at the orphanage since your child
waited for you.
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Documents
required for your China orphanage visit
In order to schedule a visit to your child's
orphanage, you must provide the following at least
2
months prior
to your departure date.
(Please provide Chinese document with English
translation.)
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Copy of your child¨s Chinese
Birth Certificate and U.S. birth certificate
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Copy of your child¨s Adoption
Registration Certificate or Notarized Adoption Certificate
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Copy of your child¨s Abandonment
Decree
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Child¨s full Chinese name when
adopted
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Complete name of orphanage
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Copies of all travelers'
passports
Please include these documents with
your registration form.
All copies should be
the same size as original documents.
The orphanages charge a fee of
1000-1500 renminbi at the time of the visit.
(Rate of exchange varies daily - on 2/2011 is 6.2
renminbi = $1.00)
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Your China orphanage
visit will be a part of family conversations
for
years to come.
