Colombia Adoption
New Beginnings offers the Colombian Program with the cooperation of Adopolis. Adopolis is fully accredited in Colombia by the Instituto Colombiano de Bienstar Familiar (ICBF). Adoptions through ICBF are public adoptions. Public adoptions may take longer (12 to 18 months) and although some infants are available, most available children are toddler and school age.
Private adoptions are also available. Adopolis has an agreement to work with Fundacion Los Pisingos and CRAN, two private Colombian agencies located in Bogota. The process can be faster (9 to 15 months) and the children are 1 to 2 years in age.
For both private and public adoptions, adoptive parents must be older than 25 years of age. Couples must be married for at least three years. Couples married fewer than three years will be considered with documentation of infertility. Parents over 40 years of age may not be able to adopt children under 3 years old. Exact age limits may vary with individual circumstances.
When at least one of the applicant parents is of Colombian ancestry, they have priority for a placement and the waiting time can vary between 6 to 8 months. From referral to travel is approximately 2-3 weeks. Both parents must travel and it takes 4-6 weeks until the completion of the adoption.
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