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by PNGMK » Sat, 15 Apr 2017 8:47 am
. Your absolute first hurdle is impossible to cross - that is having proof for the Singapore Family Court from the American embassy that if you adopt a child, that the child has the right to return to the USA with you. I am not sure how you can get around this - saying that I have seen in church a recent successful adoption by American's a year or so back (of a SC) so there must be a way around it. Talk to the Embassy. Australians' (I am one) don't have this issue as the High Comm will provide a letter.
2. Second hurdle is finding a child. Adoption agencies here are mostly for locals; exceptions apply.
3. Third hurdle - do you want to adopt a Singaporean child? IF so you need to AVOID the MFS - they do let foreigners foster SC kids but almost never permit them to be adopted (once again there are exceptions). You need to find a child who is not in the 'system' yet and MAKE SURE their idiot parents and agents don't put the child into the public system (i.e. MFS). You need to do a 'private adoption'.
4. You'll need a lawyer to handle the Singapore FC issues. I know a good one. Find one who has DONE A LOT OF ADOPTIONS; it's a speciality and your general corporate lawyer wouldn't know a child if he tripped over one on the way to the bar.
5. The American Club social committee run info sessions on adoption - they are a bunch of liberal twits who would have been burned at the stake in Salem but they do have some useful information. They will be pushing HARD on doing the HSR (Home Study Report) route to make money - ignore their shillling - if you can find a Singapore child up for adoption privately and you can convince the Family Court to go ahead with the adoption you only need a few formal visits / documentation from the MFS (yes; unfortunately they do get involved later on). If you're adopting internationally they might be more useful. I
6. Finally don't give up. It's a tacky business with some dubious morals and folks in the business here but the end (finding a child and giving them a much improved potential in life) is almost worth the means. Oh you'll need around $$30,000 in readies or more (China has upped prices on babies recently I believe).
I not lawyer/teacher/CPA.
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You saw the thread before you saw my PM (it's still unread in my outbox). Nevermind. Thanks