TAIWAN ADOPTION COSTS

I am going to type the fees rundown
below.
Agency Adoption fees
$500-$1000 App Fee (not included in the fees below
$14,000-17,900 (healthy infant program,
price depends on orphanage your child resides in and
which agency you sign with. Price may vary by
individual program within each agency )
The payments will happen sorta like this, When
you get
referral of child and sign the contracts they are sent
to your agencyfrom Teco 7,000 or so will be due.
The rest is
due a few weeks before travel to get your child.
What is included in these fees:
Legal document translation and preparation
Agency adoption coordination and expenses
In Country Coordination
Orphanage and Humanitarian Donations
(In the following breakdown I will refer to
"first half" fees as
usual fees incurred before referral or during
wait for travel call)
Not included:
$1,000-3700 Homestudy (First half)
(Some include the finalization and
Post placement visits in this
amount ask)
$670 INS (First half)
$70-80 fingerprinting INS (first half)
$380 Child Visa fees (last half)
$125-180 Passports for 2
$3000 Plane tickets (last half)
$400-1000 Hotel (last half)
$300-400 food (last half)
$550 in country travel if child resides in
Tainan (last half)
$260-500 Agency Post placement coordination
(last half)
$100-300 Misc. expenses such as birth certs,
TECO, and
such (first half)
$300-1000 Doctors fees for physicals possibly not
coverd by insurance and shots for travel.
(first half)
$100-200 For shipping gifts and donations to new
child (first half)
$1000-3000 finalization fees (last half)
I think by time all was done and said we spent around
25k-27k.

Independent adoption Fees
$200-500 orphanage donation
1000-3700 Home study (some include the finalization
and post
Placement visits in this amount, ask)
$670 INS
$70-80 fingerprinting through INS
$125-180 Passports for 2 (higher end is for expedited)
$380 Child's Visa fees
$3000 Plane tickets (last half)
$400-1000 Hotel (last half)
$300-400 food (last half)
$200-550 in country travel if child resides in another
(last half)
000 Doctors appointments not required for independent.
$200 in mailings to and from Taiwan
$170 Translation of documents
$1000-3000 in finalization if not covered by your
Homestudy.
Estimated (HIGH END of independent is 13800)
Normal total should be around..... 8000-10000

These are rough estiments. Please plug in your agency
or adoption coordinator numbers and such in order to
get a more realistic number. Of course your hotel,
food and flight are somewhat at your mercy and or
the mercy of the people that you are working with
for your travel arrangements.

Interesed in Private adoption in Taiwan?

Good news! Private adoption is very much alive and well in Taiwan. If you were to ask me to tell you some things about Private adoption though.. I would start with..."Adoption of any kind is not for the week of heart, and private is a step above that."
Private adoption in Taiwan basically means that there is no american side agency to represent you in Taiwan, to find a child for you that is available for adoption, and there will be no one to hold your hand through your adoption or paperwork.
Depending upon the private institute you decide on working with, they may or may not do such things as help with paperwork, represent you in court and take custody of your child during the court procedures.
Here is a little check list that you might want to look at before deciding to adopt via private channels.
1. Are you willing to do most if not all the paperwork yourself with little help?
2. Do you desire to work more closely with the Taiwanese people?
3. Are you prepared for any "unexpected moments" that may arise from working with a private organization?
4. Are you ok with learning more about the Taiwan/American adoption process so that you can make better and more informed decisions about your adoption journey?
5. Are you ok with possibly having less information about your child than with a typical agency?
The above yes or no list is basically just a little of what you need to think about before jumping into a private adoption. Just as with America's domestic adoption, there are more risks and problems that can arise at any moment. BUT also just like America's domestic adoption, there is plenty of success with Private Taiwan adoptions.
With ANY adoption there are risks and possibilities beyond your control... but that is a whole other post.