Adoption from abroad, without a private market

Search results for “adopt a child from abroad” are full of the wrong door. A lawful intercountry adoption, where the Hague Convention applies, runs through the central authority of your country and the central authority of the child’s country. In Germany that authority is not a private agent with a catalogue. A home study, eligibility, and a match approved by both states come before a child travels.

Global Family Relocation does not place children and does not keep a list of children. If a person offers a child in exchange for a fee, a donation, or a private contract, we end the conversation and we will not introduce you to them. That rule is not negotiable.

What we do hold is the household. The home study needs a house, a marriage or civil status that the authority accepts, medical letters, and police certificates, each with a translation and often an apostille. Those papers expire. We keep the order. If a placement is later approved by the authorities, we then plan the flight, the first paediatric appointments, and a school that can take a child who has just changed language. Until that approval exists, we do not book a nursery as if the child were already yours.

The timeline is often years. Anyone who quotes you a season and a country is selling something we will not sell. Open the brief if you want the lawful path explained before you spend money on the wrong one.