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Expense
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Amount
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Payment Method
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Pay To
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Due
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Application Fee
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$100
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Personal Check or Money Order
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Children's Hope (CHI)
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Application Submission
|
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Agreement and Document Processing Fee
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$1000
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Personal Check or Money Order
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CHI
|
Agency Agreement Submission
|
|
Home Study Fee
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As agreed with local home study agency
|
Consult your home study agency
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Your home study agency
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As agreed with your home study agency
|
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Post Adoption Support (pre-paid)
|
Varies by home study agencies
|
Consult your home study agency
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Your home study agency
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As agreed with your home study agency
|
|
USCIS Filing Fingerprinting
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$720 plus $85/adult
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Money Order
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Your local USCIS office
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Upon I-600A submission
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|
Dossier Preparation
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$4360
|
Personal Check or Money Order
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CHI
|
With submission of dossier
|
|
Dossier Authentication Fee
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$500
|
Personal Check or Money Order
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CHI
|
With submission of dossier
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|
International/Referral Fee
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$7,200
|
Cashiers Check or Money Order
|
CHI
|
Upon referral of child
|
|
Country Fees
|
$1,279 - Total
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Cashiers/Bank Check
|
CHI (wired to Ethiopia)
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Upon referral of child
|
|
Additional Sibling Fee
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$3,750 per child
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Cashiers Check or Money Order
|
CHI
|
Upon referral of child
|
|
US Domestic & International Airfare
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$6000 - $8000 by coach - 2 adults/2 trips - plus approx. $300 return lap ticket for child under 2 (plus any applicable transit visas)
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Credit Card
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A travel agency of your choice
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As needed by airline or travel agent
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Travel/Escort fee for children adopted from Mekele*
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$500 for one infant - varies depending on age and number of children
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Personal Check or Money Order
|
CHI (wired to Ethiopia)
|
7 days before travel
|
|
In-Country Accommodations at House of Hope
|
Approx. $1000 - $1250 for 2 adults 10 day stay - includes meals
|
Personal Check or Money Order
|
CHI (wired to Ethiopia)
|
7 days prior to departure
|
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Visa to enter Ethiopia
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$20 per person
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Cash
|
Paid in country
|
Upon entry into Ethiopia
|
|
In-Country Accommodations at Guest House or Hotel
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$30 - $265 per night plus food (10 days in country)
|
Consult guest house or hotel
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Guest house or hotel
|
As agreed upon with guest house or hotel
|
|
Food
|
Variable
|
Local currency or credit card
|
House of Hope; hotel(s); restaurant(s); cafe(s)
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In Country
|
|
Re-adoption Fee
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Varies by state
|
Consult with state
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Consult with state
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After return to US
|
|
Child's US Birth Certificate
|
Varies by state
|
Consult with state
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Consult with state
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After return to US
|
|
US Citizenship
|
$600 per child (if child traveled on IR-4 visa)
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Personal Check or Money Order
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Local USCIS office
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After return to US
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|
Approximate Total Cost for 2 adults adopting 1 infant under 2
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$21,239 - $23,489
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