Adoption Adoption process Adoption Counselling Adoption Cooperation Countries Bulgaria Colombia India South-Africa Thailand Questions about Adoption Costs of the Adoption Process Requirements married couples and single applicants can applythe age of the applicants correlates with the adoptive child’s agethe applicant family can have biological or adopted children already in the familygood physical and mental health (psychologist’s statement)preparedness for an adoption of a special needs childadoption preparatory coursein addition to these, some of our contacts in Colombia have their own criteria Families are sought for children during the past years the children adopted from Colombia have been 0–6 years oldwith special needsalso siblings and older children need families Estimated waiting time during the past years the waiting times have varied mostly between 1–2 year depending on the needs of the children and capabilities and wishes of the applicants Adoption trip the pick-up trip (2–5 weeks after the child proposal) takes about four weeks Our cooperation contacts in Colombia · Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF)· La Casa de la Madre y el Niño (LCMN)· Fundación Ayuda a la Infancia Hogar Bambi Chiquitines· Fundación CRAN The costs in Colombia vary according to the contact. ICBF does not have any administration costs. Interpedia has a country office and a representative in Colombia. More information on Colombia: Marika Elmeranta, Senior Adoption Coordinator, marika.elmeranta(at)interpedia.fi or 050-919 5380