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Expense
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Amount
|
Payment Method
|
Pay To
|
Due
|
|
Application Fee
|
$250
|
Personal Check or Money Order
|
Your placing agency
|
Application Submission
|
|
Placing Agency Professional Service Fee (first half)
|
$2,000
|
Personal Check or Money Order
|
Your placing agency
|
At Signing of Contract
|
| Program Registration Fee | $1,000 | Personal Check or Money Order |
Your placing agency
| At Signing of Contract |
| Orientation and Education Fee | $800 | Personal Check or Money Order |
Your placing agency
| At Signing of Contract |
| Home Study Fee | As agreed with local home study agency | Consult your home study agency | Your home study agency | As agreed with your home study agency |
| Dossier Fee (1st part) | $800 | Cashier's Check |
Your placing agency
| With Submission of Home Study |
| Family Initiated Foreign Fee | $1,200 | Cashier's Check |
Your placing agency
| At Submission of Home Study |
|
Dossier Preparation Costs
|
$200 - $400
|
Personal Check or Money Order
|
Your placing agency
|
During Dossier Preparation
|
| Dossier Fee (2nd part) | $1,800 | Personal Check or Money Order |
Your placing agency
| At Submission of Completed Dossier |
| USCIS Filing Fingerprinting | $720 plus $85/adult | Money Order | Your local USCIS office | Upon I-600A submission |
|
Placing Agency Professional Service Fee (2nd half)
|
$2,000
|
Personal Check or Money Order
|
Your placing agency
|
At Commitment to Travel
|
| Donation | $500 | Personal Check or Money Order |
Your placing agency
| At Commitment to Travel |
| Adoptive Parents' Visas | $60 per person/per trip | Personal Check or Money Order | Consulate of Kazakhstan | Prior to Travel |
| International and Domestic Travel | Approx $1,000-$1,500 (per person) | Credit Card | Travel Agency | Prior to Travel |
| Family Initiated Foreign Fees | $12,000 | Cash |
Your placing agency
| In Country |
| In Country Expenses | Approx $6,000-$10,000 | Cash | A Travel Agency of Your Choice | In Country |
|
Child's Medical Exam
|
$65
|
Cash
|
TBA
|
In Country
|
| Legalization of New Birth Certificate and Court Decree | $450 | Cash | TBA | In Country |
| Suggested Orphanage Donation | $500 | Cash | Orphanage | In Country |
| Child US Entry Visa | $400 | Credit Card | American Embassy | In Country |
| Gifts | $300-$500 | Cash | In Country Personnel | In Country |
|
Post Adoption Deposit (Refundable)
|
$500
|
Personal Check or Money Order
|
Your placing agency
|
At signing of Post-Adoption Agreement
|
