Adopting from Bulgaria

Children’s Hope International is able to provide you with an opportunity to adopt from Bulgaria through our Alliance Partnership with an excellent agency who opened their Bulgaria program in 2004 with full accrediation. 

Children are available for international adoption, beginning at age 18 months to age 15. The Bulgarian Ministry of Justice. The children are placed on a centralized data bank, and released for referral internationally by the Ministry of Justice.

The available children live in different regions, in orphanages, with coordinators or attorneys to assist you in each region. The ethnic background of most of the children available is Bulgarian; however, the children are of mixed ancestry. Ethnic origin makes a difference in the cases in Bulgaria. For example, children that are considered Gypsy (Roma) or Turkish children are not likely to be adopted by Bulgarian families because they are considered a minority. Many of those children have an olive complexion, brown eyes, and dark brown or black hair. Caucasian children are also available. Families may not voice a preference in ethnic background. The birth parents of the children who are available for adoption have either signed over their parental rights or the court has terminated these rights. Sibling groups are quite common in Bulgaria. When sibling groups are available, the children will most likely be 3 years and older. The children are generally healthy, with the exception of some having minor correctable needs. Typical orphanage delays are expected. There are children with special medical needs available also.

Have a question? Email our Eurasia Program Director at Andrei.Skurtu@ChildrensHope.net.