Adopt from Hong Kong

View available children for adoption.Children from 1 year to 15 years of age with special placement needs are available for adoption. Special placement needs may include medical health needs, mental health needs, or birth family issues. Some waiting children have moderate to severe special needs such as Thalassemia or Down syndrome and some children over the age of 8 years are available who have no apparent medical problems. To view waiting children from China Hong Kong, please visit our waiting child page on adoptionbridge.org

Hong Kong SAR’s eligibility requirements include married couples must be at least 25 years of age and may not be more than 45 years older than the child they wish to adopt. Applicants must be married at least 3 years. When it is a second marriage, applicants must be married for at least 5 years. Singles may also adopt from HKSAR but must have sufficient child care experience and a strong support network. Applicants need to be in good physical health and have a stable income.

Families submit an application, home study, and dossier to Hong Kong. Once the documents are received and reviewed, the Hong Kong Central Authority through the approved social welfare institute sends the family a referral of a child meeting the family’s specifications. The screening and referral process takes about 8 to 12 weeks, as long as a child is available that meets the family’s criteria. If a family has pre-identified a waiting child, they will receive that child’s full referral upon submitting their application. The Hong Kong Central
Authority will review the family’s documents and provide an official match. This can take 6-10 months. Once the match is accepted by the family, the legal procedures in Hong Kong  take approximately 8 weeks and the family is granted guardianship by the court in Hong Kong. Your family will then process the I-800 with immigration here in the US and upon approval of your I-800, either PLK or ISS will apply for the visa and passport for the child. The visa is granted prior to the family traveling to Hong Kong so time spent in Hong Kong
can be spent simply bonding with your child. The entire adoption process from Hong Kong generally takes about 18 months.

Both prospective adoptive parents are required to travel to Hong Kong SAR to accept placement of the child. Time in country is approximately 7 days though this time may vary slightly. Families receive guardianship orders from the Hong Kong SAR court and then finalize their adoption in the US upon return. Travel to HKSAR is comfortable for most families as it has many of the modern conveniences we have here in the US and because the city is trilingual speaking English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Nightlight Christian Adoptions is committed to preparing families for the adoption of a child with special needs. We provide pre- and post-adoption education and information regarding medical resources.

Hong Kong requires the first post placement report at 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and 12 months after the child comes to the
US. This is a total of 5 reports to be completed by your home study social worker and photos of your family and your adopted child are
included. Each state has a different requirement for finalization. Some states may require ICPC (Interstate Compact on the Placement
of Children) before finalization. Please check with your local social worker to see if this is a requirement in your state.