Why does Adoption Cost so much? A breakdown of where the money went.
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TOTAL ADOPTION COSTS: $26,000
Description
|
Amount
|
Notes
|
transportation
(taxis and trains)
|
$1,500.00
|
Train
travel to and from region.
|
hotel/lodging
|
$2,700.00
|
$90/day.
|
Airplane tickets
|
$6,000.00
|
2 trips. During the Winter Holiday.
|
Ukrainian Visa for
child
|
$230.00
|
|
Ukrainian Passport
for child
|
$500.00
|
|
Mandated Ukrainian
medical for child
|
$220.00
|
|
Facilitation fees
(legal, translations, representation for court, etc)
|
$9,000.00
|
|
Marriage
Certificates, Birth Certificates
|
$91.00
|
|
Shipping to USCIS
|
$47.50
|
|
Austin trip for
paperwork
|
$64.47
|
|
Shipping of Docs
stateside
|
$152.60
|
|
Fingerprints
|
$182.00
|
|
Apostille fees
|
$100.00
|
Texas caps the cost at $100
|
Mandatory Online
Training
|
$139.00
|
|
Shipping Documents
to Ukraine
|
$282.66
|
|
USCIS Fees
|
$890.00
|
|
Doctor's physical
and labs
|
$900.00
|
Our insurance would not cover this. Hopefully yours will. This includes lab work required specific for the country we adopted from
|
Home Study
|
$1,200.00
|
|
Love Offering to RR
|
$1,305.00
|
|
Total
|
$25,504.26
|
As you see, it is a common misconception that you are paying for the child. Really you are paying for atrocious last minute plane tickets and ridiculous immigration fees.
Humbled.
Humbled.
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