Overview of Documents

You will see, many of the documents gathered can serve several purposes.

This may look intimidating the first time you look at all the paperwork; however, we encourage you to proceed, one step at a time. It can be done!  Children's Hope staff is available for questions. It will being to make sense as you proceed.

Once you receive a preliminary okay from Children's Hope, your next steps are:

1. Pre-file for your child's visa following the instruction of your home study agency

2. Get a home study done

3. Apply for a passport

4. Being to gather the documents for your Dossier

5. Write a letter of introduction

Children's Hope staff assist families with each of these steps and provide approved families with further details on how to complete paperwork.