

Adoption
Choices for Minnesota Residents
Families can Choose Any Child Referral Agency
or Source for Any Country!!
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| Central
and South America (461) |
Europe and
Eastern Europe (1,926) |
Africa (3,130) |
Asia (5,175) |
Middle
East (74) |
Atlantic,
Pacific and Caribbean Islands (237) |
USA |
| Belize (5) H |
Albania (6) H | Algeria (3) | Bangladesh (10) |
Armenia (18) H |
Antigua (1) |
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| Brazil (27) H | Bosnia (1) |
Congo (42) | Bhutan (1) |
Iran (12) |
Bahamas (1) | Waiting |
| Colombia (235) H | Bulgaria (40) H | Congo Kinshasa (4) |
China (3,400) H | Jordan (1) |
Barbados (1) | |
| Ecuador (10) H | Croatia (1) | Egypt (3) |
Hong Kong (14) H |
Lebanon (2) |
Dominica (7) |
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| El Salvador (10) H |
Estonia (19) H |
Eritrea (2) |
India (243) H |
Pakistan (41) |
Dominican Republic (7) H |
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| Guatemala (46) H |
France (1) H | Ethiopia (2,514) | Indonesia (3) | |
Fiji (2) |
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| Guyana (32) |
Georgia (2) H |
Ghana (117) |
Japan (33) | Grenada (3) |
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| Honduras (9) | Great Britain (2) H | Ghinea (1) H |
Laos (7) |
Haiti (123) |
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| Mexico (53) H | Hungary (5) H | Guinea-Bissau (2) |
Mongolia (1) H |
Jamaica (59) |
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| Nicaragua (9) |
Kazakhstan (181) | Ivory Coast (4) |
Nepal (30) | Marshall Islands (19) |
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| Peru (35) H |
Kosovo (3) | Kenya (14) H | Philippines (216) H |
Samoa (3) |
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| Kyrgyzstan (1) |
Lesotho (13) |
Singapore (1) |
St. Kitts/Nevis (2) |
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| Latvia (39) H |
Liberia (45) |
South Korea (863) |
St. Lucia (3) |
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| Lithuania (15) H |
Malawi (4) |
Sri Lanka (4) H | St. Vincent (3) |
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| Moldova (14) H |
Mali (3) H |
Taiwan (285) |
Tonga (3) |
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| Montenegro (1) |
Morocco (32) |
Thailand (55) H |
Trinidad (2) |
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| Poland (50) H |
Nigeria (187) |
Vietnam (9) |
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| Russia (1,082) |
Rwanda (40) |
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| Serbia (12) |
Sierra Leone (14) |
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| Ukraine (446) |
South Africa (3) H |
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| Uzbekistan (5) |
Swaziland (8) |
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| Tanzania (2) |
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| Togo (3) H |
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| Uganda (62) |
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| Zambia (8) |
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| Zimbabwe (2) |
| H | Hague Country |
| ( ) | Number of adoption visas for 2010 to U.S. |
The
United States Department of State has published a web site describing
international adoption procedures and information on adoption laws of
many countries. There is also a list of Hague Convention
Countries. Summit Adoption Home Studies can work as a supervised or
exempt home study provider working with many Hague accredited child
referral agencies. Summit Adoption Home Studies and the child
referral agency will also be a valuable resource on exploring
countries.
11,047 adopted children from international countries
came to the U.S. based on immigration statistics for fiscal year 2010 ![]() Source: adoption.state.gov/news/total_chart.html |



![]() Africa Child Referral Sources |
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who can provide child referral services to Minnesota families with a home study from Summit Adoption Home Studies. |
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![]() Asia Child Referral Sources |
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who can provide child referral services to Minnesota families with a home study from Summit Adoption Home Studies. |
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![]() U.S. Waiting Children Child Referral Sources in 50 states |
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Minnesota Adoption Resource Network: www.mnadopt.org North American Council on Adoptable Children: www.nacac.org National Adoption Center: www.adopt.org |

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