Costs in Adoption

Here are some of the fees and costs of our adoption...

• Initial Costs
• Promise Trust ~ $1,000
• Home Study Update Fee ~ $350
• Initial Paper work Translation Fee ~ $535
• 2 Marriage Certificates ~ $30.50
• Notary Costs ~ Donated by the wonderful Rachel! 
• Mobile Notary ~ $30
• Medicals ~ $15
• USCIS ~ $890
• Live scan Fingerprinting ~ $104
• Apostilles (first set) ~ $598
• Shipping costs ~ $75
• Apostilles (second set) ~ About $350
• Shipping cost (second set) ~ $30
• Shipping last document ~ $37
• Notary last document ~ $20
• Apostille last document ~ $26

Initial Costs Total: $4,090.50 

• Travel Expenses
• Country Program Expenses (legal fees, facilitator fees, translation fees etc.) ~ $8,500
• Visa Application for child ~ $300
• Airfare ~ Roughly $3800 ~ One way tickets to country $1792           $1000 estimate each for tickets back
• Food & Lodging, Transportation in country ~ $4500 (based on $150 a day estimate, for a month) 
• Child's Medical ~ $200
• Child's Passport ~ $250 - $800 (depending on region)
• Child's Flight ~ $800
• Waver Fee ~ $1500
• Emergency Fund ~ $1000
• etc...

Travel Expenses Total: $21,400.00

Estimated Cost: $25,490.50                     Paid: $5,882.50