Price Breakdown

Ready for your head to spin?  Here is the breakdown of the price to adopt:

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Application & Paperwork:
Application Fee = $300
Home Study Service Fee = $1750
Home Study Review Fee = $350
Adoptive Parent Education = $210
1st Agency Service Fee = $3,000
Program Fee = $1,500
USCIS Fees = $720
USCIS Related Fees = $85 (per adult)
Country Certification = $70 (if applicable)
State Certification = $140 (if applicable)
FBI Fingerprints for Dossier = $18 (per adult)

Dossier Submission:
1st International Service Fee = $6,000
2nd Agency Service Fee = $3000
Translation = $500

Acceptance of Referral:
2nd International Service Fee = $6000
Care of the Child In-Country = $3,500 (per child)
Child Medical Check-Up = $100

Travel:
Airfare to/from Taiwan = $1500-2000 (per person)
Travel Visa = $20 (per person)
Transportation ($400)
Food per person = $20-35 (per day)
Immigrant Visa = $404 (per child)
Lodging = $100 (per night)

Post-Adoption:
Post-Adoption Translation and Administration Fee = $1500
Post-Adoption Reports = $350 per report (3 required)
Re-Adoption Fee = $200-300

Total Average Expenses = $27,000
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It hurts just typing it, much less spending it.  But I believe that the impossible (in case you didn't catch it, $27,000 feels pretty much impossible to me) becomes possible with Christ. 

Please pray with us that the money will miraculously come in. 

It's a coming...