Any adoption occurring when the child and the adoptive parents are from two different countries. Extra legal work through immigration services must be done to authorize an international adoption.
Adoption of a child born in another country or who is a citizen of another country. International adoptions require fulfilling any legal requirements of the child's country of birth and gaining immigration approval from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), as well as meeting the regular state and federal laws related to adoption.
a private legal affair between the individual or couple wishing to adopt and the courts of the foreign country
the adoption of a child from a foreign country.
also known as intercountry adoption, refers to any adoption from another country, including the US
adoption of a child born outside of the United States.
International adoption refers to adopting a child from a foreign country. International adoption may offer a permanent family to a child for whom a suitable family cannot be found in his or her country of origin. Given that international adoption can be an extremely lucrative business for developing countries, numerous issues surround this type of adoption.