The Guardian Reports on the Difficulties of Adopting from India

2007 July 26
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In April, India’s Central Adoption Resource Agency (Cara) announced that it wants to promote adoption, especially to British parents. “Our procedures are too cumbersome,” said its chairman, JK Mittal. “It takes more than a year to adopt an Indian child from overseas. But it should be done within a couple of months.” In fact, it takes most British parents an average of three to four years to adopt from India, and six years is not unheard of. As well as possessing extraordinary reserves of patience, foreigners must meet the eligibility criteria. Couples must be financially secure and must have been together for more than five years. They must be between 30 and 55, with a combined age of less than 90. Single people are eligible but not same-sex couples.

3 Responses leave one →
  1. July 27, 2007

    Thank you for the link, M. We are considering adopting in India. I know this is going to be a stressful journey if we embark on it…

  2. July 27, 2007

    Not that I’d question the perversity or bloodymindedness of India’s (or anyone else’s) bureaucracy, to be fair it can take longer than six years for British parents to adopt British children in Britain. By any standards, our procedures are too cumbersome for would-be adoptive parents’ sanity or – more to the point – children’s welfare.

  3. July 28, 2007

    mg, what, no birthday post? You must be getting older.

    Hope you’re having a wonderful birthday!

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