Applications submitted by persons or families who are habitually residents in another country, which is a state party to the Hague Convention, and who want to adopt a Romanian child shall be sent to the Office through the competent central authorities of the respective country or through its accredited organisations.
The adopter’s or adoptive family’s application shall be registered with the Office only if the competent central authority from the receiving country or the legally accredited and authorised organisations confirm that:
- the adopter or the adoptive family meets the eligibility criteria for adoption and is suitable to adopt as according to the applicable laws of the receiving country;
- the adopter or the adoptive family has benefited from adoption counselling in the receiving country;
- the child’s post-adoption progress will be monitored for at least two years;
- post-adoption services are provided for the child and family in the receiving country.
Applications shall be sent to the Office together with the documents hereunder:
- A report made by the competent authorities in the receiving country, comprising information about the identity of the persons wanting to adopt, their capacity and ability to adopt, their personal, family, material and medical situation, the social background, reasons for adopting a child from Romania as well as about the children they could adopt; the conclusions of the report shall be supported by documents released by the competent authorities from the receiving country;
- Authenticated copy and certified translation into Romanian of the prospective adopters’ birth and marriage certificates and identity papers;
- Police clearance certificate of prospective adopters and of the spouse who will not adopt;
- Separate medical report for each adopter and, if applicable, the medical report regarding the mental illness of the spouse who will not adopt.
The trial should last no more than 1-2 months.