Mar 18, 2010
Adoption Guide


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. Colombian ChildrenPre-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. Begin gathering the documents for your Dossier

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