Well, we have officially updated our home study, (which had been prepared a year ago) and sent all our documents to our agency. We hope that within the next 2 weeks they will be sent to our Agency in Haiti and then officially off to Haiti by mid June.
Haiti had some different documents that weren't required for our first adoption. In addition to our home study, 4 letters of references, medical forms and adoption education programs, Haiti requires:
-A psychological assessment: no official psychological metrics required, just a letter from a psychologist indicating we are psychologically "fit" to adopt.
-A new updated medical form (this wasn't a big deal, your standard type adoption medical forms, including screening for infectious diseases such as: HIV, HCV, Syphillis and Hepatitis).
-2 new references letters. Haiti requires references from specific types of individuals. They will only accept references from: Lawyers, Politicians or police officers.
-8 colour photographs of your home and family, including the interior and exterior of your house.
-8 colour passport photos of the adoptive parents, with signatures on the white space at the bottom of the photo. 2 attached/ page for each parent, but NOT glued (?paperclips?)
-Original birth certificates and marriage certificates for adoptive parents (these are not returned to you)
-Letter of financial solvability from your bank (letter indicating you are in good standing)
-Copies of your CRA assessments from previous year
-Letters of employment for both parents
-If self employed, letter from your accountant regarding finances from previous assessment
-If self employed, a letter of "employment" from a contractor for which you do regular work, indicating ongoing contracts
These have now officially been sent to our agency in BC and we are waiting for an updated ministry approval form, then off it goes to our Haiti facilitator for translation (into French of course) and then to the Haitian government.
One step closer to baby #2!
Haiti had some different documents that weren't required for our first adoption. In addition to our home study, 4 letters of references, medical forms and adoption education programs, Haiti requires:
-A psychological assessment: no official psychological metrics required, just a letter from a psychologist indicating we are psychologically "fit" to adopt.
-A new updated medical form (this wasn't a big deal, your standard type adoption medical forms, including screening for infectious diseases such as: HIV, HCV, Syphillis and Hepatitis).
-2 new references letters. Haiti requires references from specific types of individuals. They will only accept references from: Lawyers, Politicians or police officers.
-8 colour photographs of your home and family, including the interior and exterior of your house.
-8 colour passport photos of the adoptive parents, with signatures on the white space at the bottom of the photo. 2 attached/ page for each parent, but NOT glued (?paperclips?)
-Original birth certificates and marriage certificates for adoptive parents (these are not returned to you)
-Letter of financial solvability from your bank (letter indicating you are in good standing)
-Copies of your CRA assessments from previous year
-Letters of employment for both parents
-If self employed, letter from your accountant regarding finances from previous assessment
-If self employed, a letter of "employment" from a contractor for which you do regular work, indicating ongoing contracts
These have now officially been sent to our agency in BC and we are waiting for an updated ministry approval form, then off it goes to our Haiti facilitator for translation (into French of course) and then to the Haitian government.
One step closer to baby #2!
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