Liberia Adoption Program

• Liberian law states: "There shall be no adoption by proxy. All persons seeking to adopt a Liberian child shall appear before the court".  Furthermore, "In all inter-country adoptions, prospective adoptive parents are required to reside within Liberia for a period of thirty (30) days unless the adoptive parent has familiarity with Liberia, meaning they have visited the country and are aware of the culture".
• Dependent on the country requirements
• Applicants must be at least 25 years of age
• At least 15 years age difference between prospective adoptive parents and the adopted

1. Complete our online application (Pay application fee $600)
2. Complete our International Adoption Services Contract (Pay initial program fee and Monitoring and Oversight fee of $850 per child being adopted). The Monitoring and Oversight fee is paid to CEAS, the accrediting entity designated by the US Department of State/Office of Children’s Issues, the US Central Authority.

3. Orientation meeting with Nightlight Staff, reviewing the intercountry adoption process through the Review and return Service Plan and Country Required Reading.
4. Begin your Home Study with Nightlight or an accredited adoption We can provide a referral.
5. Once your Home Study has been completed, Nightlight will review the Home Study and assist you with preparing your I-600A Advance Processing of Orphan Petition for US Immigration https://www.uscis.gov/i- 600a
6. You will receive an appointment to have live scan prints taken for the State
7. Your local attorney in country will need to provide verification of license and good standing in their country and sign documents verifying ethical standards with
8. Begin work on your dossier – the documents required for the adoption in the country of your
9. Once the immigration documents are provisionally approved, Nightlight will work with you on obtaining the necessary documents to complete your I-600 documents.
10. The country may require a bonding period in country with the child, prior to the court date giving guardianship/adoption to the prospective
11. Nightlight Clinical staff will review the Child referral, medical, social and psychological reports with the adoptive family, with the understanding that the family has likely provided these documents to the staff
12. We will instruct you in filing the I-600 with Immigration. (Submit final program fee to Nightlight)
13. In countries where guardianship is given, you will receive a provisional approval to bring your child home under the guardianship, with the understanding you will finalize the adoption under US law, once you return home with your
14. After the approval from Immigration, the parents will travel to the foreign country to complete the guardianship/adoption. Typically, this trip is from 1-3 weeks, and includes the finalization of the adoption in the court, filing of the adoption paperwork and obtaining the US Immigrant VISA to return to the
15. Once you arrive home, you will notify Nightlight.

Within 30 days of your arrival home, you must have a home visit by your home study provider.  Your home study provider will prepare post-adoption reports and submit them to Nightlight.  These reports include your child's developmental progress and pictures. This is a very serious commitment.  Compliance with post adoption reports is also required by the Hague Convention.