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Adoption Expense & Fee Schedule
- Parents apply with CWA and send $350 Application
Fee. Fees are billed as incurred and are non-refundable.
- Upon acceptance, CWA provides access to the Initial
Application Package (IAP) webpage.
- Parents complete and return all forms from the
IAP and $2500 for the first half of Professional Services fee.*
- Parents are assigned a CWA Case Manager.
- Parents apply with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS) and begin a home study with a certified investigator
from their state. CWA provides home study services for parents
living in NC or SC.
- Parents send their completed dossier (paperwork)
to CWA along with $2500 (second half of Professional Services
fee), as well as fees for post-adoption administration and document
translation and authentication. Some countries require full payment
upon receipt of dossier.
- CWA sends dossier to the child’s birth country
for processing and approval.
- A child is referred and/or selected. The referral
process or selection of a child varies by country.
- Parents send first half of the international fee
when they accept a referral, and the second half of the international
fee when they receive a travel date. Some countries require full
payment upon receipt of dossier.
- Parents travel to pick up their child, and then return home—hooray!
- Parents begin re-adoption process in their state to finalize adoptions for their children entering the U.S. on IR-4 visas to attain citizenship. For children entering the U.S. on IR-3 visas, parents may begin re-adoption process in their state to obtain certificates of foreign birth. For more information, please see our readoption page.
* If parents wish to adopt
a second unrelated child there is an Unrelated Child Fee of $2500.00.
If parents reside outside of the U.S. there is an Non-Resident
Fee of $1000.00.
Fee Notice: All fees described herein are non-refundable,
with the exception of international fees not spent, or post-adoption
fees not used as a result of not completing an adoption.
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Adoption Tax Credit
A $10,000 per child federal tax credit is available
for expenses incurred after January 1, 2002, for both domestic
and international adoption programs. Claims for the credit
will be allowed in the taxable year following the tax year
in which the expenses were incurred. However, if the expenses
are incurred in the tax year in which the adoption becomes
final, the expenses are allowable that year. These expenses
are reasonable and necessary adoption fees, court costs,
attorney fees and other expenses directly related to the
legal adoption of a child. The credit is non-refundable so
an adoptive family without any tax liability can not use
the credit in that year. However, an adoptive family who
cannot use the full amount can carry forward any unused portion
of the credit for up to five years.
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