We have been licensed for China since 1991. We have since then helped families adopt some 3000 children from this country.

The chinese authorities request that prospective parents meet certain criteria (please note that these criteria apply to all NEW REGISTRATIONS made with the agency after February 1st 2007):

Only couples who have been married for at least two years are admissible, common law couples are not accepted. If either spouse has been previously divorced, the current marriage must be of at least 5 years. For the moment, registrations by single applicants are not possible.

Both parents must be at least 30 years of age and not more than 49 years of age at the time the application is sent to China. For the adoption of children with special needs, both parents must be between 30 and 54 years of age.

China requires that the family employment income be a minimum of $10 000USD per year per family member, including the child to be adopted. For example, to adopt a first child, income must be over $30 000USD, $40 000USD for a second child, and so on.

The couple must have a "Net Worth" of at least $80 000USD ("Total assets minus Total Debts": a specific form will be filled out by applicants to submit to the chinese authorities).

Parents who already have 5 minor children (or more) at home are not admissible. This criteria does not apply to parents who want to adopt a child with special needs.

Both parents must have completed a high school education (or equivalent professionnal diploma).

Both parents must be in good physical and mental health. If you have (or have had in the past) any health problem, please contact us in order to verify any restrictions that may apply.

Both parents must have a Body Mass Index (BMI)  below 40 ( click here to calculate your BMI ).

China requires a minimum of one year between the last adoption and the time you submit a new application to adopt from China (or between the birth of a biological child and the submission of an adoption application).

Persons residing in Quebec without being Canadian citizens may be admissible under certain conditions. Should this be your case, please contact us to verify your admissibility.

Other criterias are applicable to residents of Quebec. We invite you to visit the International Adoption Secretariat (SAI) website for more information.

Mostly girls, aged between 0-24 months. It is possible to adopt boys as well.

Contrary to other countries, all the children from China are of unknown origin, i.e. abandoned anonymously.

It is possible, however quite difficult, to adopt twins.

The proposal from China contains several documents: the “Letter Seeking Confirmation from Adopter” (official proposal to the parents identifying the child, the orphanage and the province), a medical examination record (including blood test results for HIV, Hepatitis B, syphilis and other routine blood and urine tests), and general information on the child’s development contained in the form “State of Growth of Prospective Adoptive Child”.

While in China, parents will receive other pertinent documents, such as the child’s Birth Certificate and Adoption Registration Certificate.

Information from the CCAA

We have noticed that the CCAA website no longer informs on LID dates that are being reviewed or matched by their office. Please note the agencies are not automatically informed of these dates by the CCAA. However, when the CCAA posts this information on its agency reserved web page, we will update this page and include these details. For your information, please find below the details currently posted on the CCAA website (August 19th, 2010):

"The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption application documents registered with our office before July 31st, 2009.

The CCAA has finished the placement of children for the families whose adoption application documents were registered with our office before May 15th, 2006."

The CCAA does not post this information on its website at predetermined dates, therefore we cannot know in advance exactly when we will be able to update this information ourselves. We thank you for your understanding.

This information is dated August 19th 2010 and will be updated during the week ending September 24th, 2010.

During the past week, the CCAA matched files logged in at the CCAA before May 15th 2006. The next LOGIN date for which Formons une Famille is expecting proposals is May 18th 2006. However, we cannot know in advance at which time we will be receiving these proposals.

For information on which files have been reviewed and matched by the CCAA during the past weeks, please refer to the above section: "File Status at the CCAA". 

The delay between the time files are registered in China and the time parents receive a proposal is approximately 51 months.

Representatives of our agency have travelled to China twice during 2008 and met the Director General, and the Department Directors of the CCAA. We also maintain regular communications with the Central authority, the CCAA, either directly from Québec by telephone, or through our officially representative in Beijing.

Here is a summary of the information gathered during these communications:

	The CCAA expects that the total number of adoption will increase in 2009 (compared to the number of adoptions in 2008);
	The Directors indicated that numerous applications were withdrawn over the year (health reasons of the applicants, financial conditions, changes in life project, etc.);
	The present delay between the acceptance of the dossier  by the CCAA (LID) and the matching (more than 32 months) will most probably increase, since there is an important number of applications submitted during the nine month preceding May 1st, 2007. The length of the delay should then stabilize and decrease slowly;
	Since the new criteria have been implemented (May 1st, 2007), the number of applications registered for all countries is more or less equivalent to the number of children available for international adoption in 2008;
	All the dossiers (according to the criteria in effect: couple, single applicants, age, income, etc.) are always processed in chronological order, except the dossiers for children with special needs. These are processed according to the acceptance by the applicants of a child whose characteristics are in line with the Home Study;
	The number of children having special needs presented to accredited agencies by the CCAA will increase this year. The Government of Canada, as well as central authorities from some European countries questioned the process of matching by the selection for on the Internet data bank for the matching of special needs children by designated agencies, and a required answer from the parents within 48 hours. Our agency has always wanted to work as we have done previously with paper format dossiers that allows prospective adoptive parents to consult and make an enlightened decision, and we have been promised these dossiers for several months. We are still waiting for them;
	Adoptive parents must expect an increase of the donation (administrative fees in China) that they give to the orphanage. This increase is due, among other reasons, by the increase of the cost of living in the Peoples Republic of China, and the devaluation of the US dollars versus the Yuan (20%).

Since February 2003, the CCAA allows our agency to find families who are interested in adopting children with special needs (minor handicaps and/or health problems).

We believe that it is a fundamental right of all children to be part of a loving family. That is why we are proud to cooperate with the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA) who facilitates this type of adoption by expediting the adoption process of parents who wish to adopt a child with special needs. We also believe that the sooner each child finds a home, the brighter their future will be.

During the past years, our agency has placed over ONE HUNDRED (100) children with special needs. Most frequent special needs files received in the recent years have been cleft lip/palate, cardiac problems, congenital malformations of hands/feet, deafness, hepatites B and/or other health problems. Some children are simply older, healthy children (usually boys over the age of 8 years).

To learn more about the details of this special program,  do not hesitate to contact us!

The central authority for adoption matters in the People's Republic of China is called the China Center of Adoption Affairs - CCAA. We invite you to visit their website at :  CCAA