Why choose Nepal?
- Male and female children are available
- Children range in age from less than a year to 6 years old
- Children come from small, well-run orphanages
- Children are considered healthy
- Children with special needs are also available
- The average process time is a minimum of two months from submission of dossier to placement
- Children are Asian or Indian in appearance
Location
Most children come from one of two orphanages in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal. The U.S. embassy is also located in Kathmandu.
Reasons for Availability
- Children are abandoned due to their parents’ inability to care for them, generally as the result of poverty
- The children’s parents are deceased
Children’s Situation
Children live in small, well-run orphanages, and they are cared for by a ‘house mother’ and nannies.
Eligibility for Families
- Only heterosexual applicants are eligible
- Married couples or single female applicants (minimum age 35) are accepted
- Parents must be at least 30 years older than the child, and will be accepted up to age 50 (Parents should be no more than 45 years older than the child)
- Married couples must be married for at least 4 years
- Married couples must submit evidence of primary or secondary infertility
- The child adopted must be the youngest in the home and of the opposite gender of any child(ren) already in the home
- No more than two children currently in the home
- Household income should be no lower than $40,000 (Home ownership is preferred)
Due to the nature of international adoption, the information on this page is subject to change without notice
