Adoption Advocates International (AAI) Ethiopia Adoption - Adopt Ethiopia - China Adoption

By filling out the application below, you're taking the first step on your adoption journey. By filling out this application, AAI will be able to determine whether you are eligible for the country or countries in which you are interested. You must fill in the form completely for AAI to process your application. If you have any questions, our toll free number is 1-888-481-4775. Someone is available to speak with you Monday through Thursday, 8 to 3 PST.

PLEASE NOTE: Families adopting from CHINA or BURKINA FASO MUST use an COA/Hague accredited ageancy for their homestudy.

For international adoptions only, at least one parent must be a U. S. citizen. For families who live outside of the United States and are interested in our international adoption programs, click here for additional information.

The United States government, represented by the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, requires that all families seeking to adopt a child from outside the U.S. meet the Poverty Guidelines. These are updated each year to reflect inflation. Here are the latest requirements.

AAI can only accept home studies completed by agencies with whom AAI has a signed Cooperating Agency Agreement. Please click here for a list of our current partner agencies. Your local agency must be on this list or be willing and able to become a partner agency.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Street address	City	State	Zip	County

Email	Home Phone	Cell Phone

Mailing address (if different)
Street address	City	State	Zip

PARENT ONE (or Single Parent Application)

PARENT TWO

First	Middle	Last

		Maiden Name

First	Middle	Last

		Maiden Name

Work Phone

Date of Birth	Age

Date of Birth	Age

Place of Birth

Are you a U.S. Citizen? Yes No

Please give date and place of marriage:

If you have ever been divorced
please give dates:

PARENT ONE (or Single Parent Application)	PARENT TWO
Occupation:	Occupation:

Employer:	Employer:

Length of current employment:	Length of current employment:

Income:	Income:


Height Weight	Height Weight
Do you have any physical or mental health conditions of concern? Yes No	Do you have any physical or mental health conditions of concern? Yes No
List physical and/or mental health conditions:	List physical and/or mental health conditions:

List any prescriptions and their purpose:	List any prescriptions and their purpose:

Has either applicant, or a household member, ever been arrested? Yes No

Explain arrest in detail including date of arrest and reason:

Children

Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.
Name	Gender	Birthdate	Lives at home	If adopted give country of birth.

List all others living in your home other than those previous listed:

If you live in Washington State, please list four people (references) who know you well (only one may be a relative). We will send letters or emails to these people.

Name	Full Address (include zip code)	email

To which programs are you interested in applying?

Burkina	Ethiopia	Ghana	Uganda
China	Thailand
Washington State		HOMESTUDY ONLY
Other:

If this is a pre-identified child please give
Name:

Country:

Age:

How do you know this child:

Type of Child Desired

Would you accept a boy or a girl? Boy Girl Either
Would you consider siblings? Yes No
Acceptable age range
Would you accept a child with minor medical problems? Yes No
Would you consider moderate to severe problems? Yes No
Would you consider an HIV+ child? Yes No
Are both of you able to travel abroad? Yes No
Please explain travel restrictions

How did you hear about Adoption Advocates International?

Once we have received your application, we will review it and contact you regarding the next steps in the process.

Please allow us five business days before calling to ask if your application has been reviewed. That will help us be more efficient, ultimately saving time and money, keeping expenses minimized. Following this review, AAI will e-mail you regarding the next steps in your process, which include a $300, non-refundable, application fee. This fee will include a one year's subscription to Adoptive Family magazine, an on-line training program, and a four DVD and workbook training program.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call us at 1-888-481-4775. For specific country/program questions, please see the CONTACT US section of this website where you will find the e-mail addresses of relevant staff persons. Thank you for your interest in adoption through Adoption Advocates International.

Adoption Advocates International (AAI)
709 South Peabody
Port Angeles, WA 98362

Phone: 360-452-4777
Fax: 360-452-1107