Are you considering adopting a child from Hungary?
Check out Family Connections’ Hungary adoption program!
What kind of children are available for adoption in Hungary?
- Typically children available are 2 years of age and up to age 14.
- Sibling groups.
- Children under 5 years of age have specific medical issues such as orthopedic, hearing, eyesight, etc.
- Most of the children in sibling groups are toddler age and up.
- Poverty, financial issues, death and unstable family environments are why children have been abandoned.
- The ethnic background of most of the children available is Caucasian Hungarian and Roma ancestry and children typically appear with dark hair, eyes, and fair to olive complexion.
Who can adopt a child from Hungary?
- Hungary strongly prefers two parent, married families. Single women may be considered on a case-by case basis.
- The adoptive parent can be no more than 45 years older than the prospective adoptive child and no less than 16 years older than the child. This is based on the age of the youngest prospective adoptive parent.
- There is no limit on the number of children living in the home, but the prospective adoptive child(ren) must be the youngest.
- The family must meet USCIS requirements as well as provide a complete dossier of paperwork to the Hungarian officials.
What is the process to adopt a child from Hungary?
- First you are going to need a primary provider agency (an agency that has an authorized program in Hungary) and a home study agency. These sometimes can be the same agency but sometimes if you live in a different state than the primary provider agency you will need a separate agency to perform the home study investigation.
- Apply to the Hungary program and to begin your home study.
- Complete your home study and submit it with the I-800A application and supporting documents to USCIS to get approval as prospective adoptive parents to adopt from Hungary.
- Complete dossier documents and get all needed documents authenticated (Apostilled).
- Submit your dossier to the Ministry of Human Resources in Hungary. Once your dossier is registered with the Central Adoption Authority, you will wait for a referral.
- When a child that matches your criteria is available you will receive a referral of child along with photos and the child’s medical information and social history. This is known as an Article 16. You will have two weeks to consider the referral and give your decision to the primary provider.
- After accepting the referral, you will file for provisional approval of your I-800 with USCIS and prepare to travel.
- Once in Hungary you will meet with a social worker and visit the child. You will remain in Hungary for about 45 days. There is a 30 day supervised physical custody period meant to support bonding with the child before deciding to move forward with the adoption. During this time, you will get a court date for the adoption and attend court.
- Once you have the final adoption paperwork you will have a visa interview at the US Embassy in Budapest.
- After receiving the child’s visa, you will travel home with the child.
- You will have post adoption supervision reports to complete with your home study agency at certain intervals. These reports are sent to Hungary’s Central Adoption Authority.
We at Family Connections would be glad to discuss our Hungary adoption program with you. You can reach our agency at 607-756-6574 or click on the link below to request a free, no obligation consultation.
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