China

Lifeline welcomes you to learn more about the wonderful opportunity you have to adopt a precious child from China! Regarded by many adoption professionals as the best-run adoption program in the world, China has become the choice country for thousands of American adoptive families. In fact, more families choose to adopt from China each year than from any other country (click here to see the number of families adopting from China in the U.S.). Clear policies and a firm commitment by the Chinese government to sound adoption practices has created a wonderful adoption environment for families. Lifeline was founded in 1981 as a non-profit ministry and began its adoption ministry to China in 2000 at the invitation of the Chinese government. Since 2000, Lifeline has placed some hundreds of children from China into loving homes and continues to serve families as they seek a child through the blessing of adoption. Lifeline is a state-licensed, non-profit ministry that exists to both place these children in a safe and loving home and provide services to Christian families desiring to adopt. Adopting a child from China is a wonderful way to add a member to your family and provide a child a loving home. Lifeline invites you to open your heart and take this incredible journey of adopting from China.

 

The adoption process begins with a home study report. This report consists of four interviews with a social worker as well as various accompanying documents that will be gathered during the process. Lifeline will complete the home study report for families residing in the state of Alabama and help families residing outside of Alabama to be referred to a home study provider in your state of residence. During the home study report process, you will also apply to Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) as well as begin gathering documents for your Dossier. The documents that make up your Dossier will be verified through a series of stages that will include notarization, certification by the Secretary of State, and authentication by the Chinese Consulate. After Lifeline has helped you complete this process, we will check your Dossier for accuracy before it is sent to China. Your Dossier will then be sent to our facilitator in China who will make a final check for accuracy before delivering your Dossier to the Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA).

 

Once your Dossier has been sent to the CCAA, we will wait for an official login date (LID). This LID will be important as it will determine when you will be matched with your child. The matching process takes place at the CCAA some months after your Dossier has been logged in. When you have been matched with your child, Lifeline will receive pictures and information about your child. This information is called a referral.

 

Once you have been matched with your child and received your referral, we will await to receive a Travel Approval (TA) from the CCAA. This TA serves as permission for you to travel to China to adopt your child. Once we have received this, we can start planning your trip to China.

 

Your in-country travel will be divided into two parts: the provincial city and Guangzhou. Half of your time will be spent in the provincial city where your child’s orphanage is located, the other half will be spent in Guangzhou, a city in southern China where the U.S. Consulate is located. Our travel team in China will be with you throughout your entire stay, helping you through each stage of the adoption process in-country, translating for you, and acting as guides. You will be well taken care of by our staff throughout your stay in China!

 

We have helped numerous families to bring home their children from China and look forward to the privilege of serving your family as well. Start the journey here by searching our website for valuable information that will help you through the China adoption process. For a listing of references, please visit: www.lifelineadoption.org/china_references.

 

Lifeline is also a part of China’s Waiting Children program. As a part of this wonderful program, we are privileged to locate homes for children with medical special needs. We receive referrals for these children around four times a year. Many of these children’s medical needs are easily repaired in the U.S. and simply have not been addressed in the orphanage due to a lack of resources.

 

Please ask us about our current Waiting Children in need of families. You can also view more information about these precious children at: www.lifelineadoption.org/sn-china.