For citizens of Britain, USA, France, and some other countries, they may find difficulties adopting through the Singapore court because of difficulties getting the assurance of citizenship letter from their letter.
Hence one of the option is to adopt directly from the host county, bypass the court processing in Singapore.
One of the ways to adopt children from Philippines is through ICAB. However the waiting period at be as long as 2 years. Philippines is a member of the Hague Convention.
Lawmakers from both houses of the Philippine Congress passed legislation (SB2391) on Dec. 16 2008 that will help to expedite the adoption of abandoned children by streamlining the process and by reducing the period before a child may be considered legally available for adoption.
Currently, children are considered to be abandoned if they have been deserted by their parents for six consecutive months and a child may be considered legally available for adoption after a minimum of six months.
The new legislation would shift adoption proceedings from the Family Courts to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and would reduce the period before a child may be considered for an adoption to a maximum of three months.
The legislation is awaiting signature by the country’s president. To read the legislation, go to: http://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=14&q=SBN-2391
Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by sam
Filed under: Expatriates, Foreign Adoption