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 (restricted number of) single applicants can applycouples should have a long and stable relationship and the duration of marriage at least one yearthe applicants in the yearly quota can apply for a child under four years, the children may also have minor special needsthe applicants outside quota (applications re: special needs children and children over four years) should have adequate resources and social worker’s recommendation for an adoption of a special needs or an older childthe applicant family in the yearly quota can have one biological or adopted children already in the familyif the family has several children or the applicant is single, the decision of acceptance will be made by DCY Adoption Board case by casethe age of the applicants correlates with the adoptive child’s agegood healthadoption preparatory course Families are sought for children aged 1−9 years Estimated waiting time approximately two yearsduring the past years the waiting time has been 2−3 years Adoption trip the pick-up trip (minimum three weeks after the child proposal) takes about 3−4 weeks Our cooperation contact in Thailand Child Adoption Center, Department of Children and Youth (DCY) More information on Thailand: Tiina Hemming, Senior Adoption Coordinator, tiina.hemming(at)interpedia.fi, tel. 050-469 9911. Changes in the information on this page are possible.