Adoption Services

U.S. Living Abroad

Bulgaria Adoption

China Adoption

China Special Needs

Congo Adoption

Dossier Preparation

Ethiopia Adoption

Guatemala Adoption

Haiti Adoption

Kazakhstan Adoption

Second Chance

Taiwan Waiting Child

Dossier Preparation Services

WIA is a full service licensed placement agency specializing in international adoption. If you as the adoptive parents are in the process of completing independent adoption without the support of an agency, or if you are working with an agency that does not provide dossier assistance, WIA is available to assist you in gathering and authentication or apostilling your adoption dossier. It does not matter which country you are adopting from or where you live - as long as you are a U.S. citizen our staff can assist you. WIA has extensive experience in dossier preparation for countries all around the world.

Our Services for Dossier Preparation:

• Assistance in obtaining the list of documents needed for each individual country’s dossier.
• Assistance from a personally assigned case manager. Your case manager will provide the assistance you need when gathering each document needed for your adoption dossier. You will have access to your case manager every day and your case manager will be there to answer any questions you might have or give any assistance necessary if you are having difficulty obtaining the documents needed for the dossier.
• Assistance obtaining state authentication for all documents.
• Assistance in obtaining U.S. State Department authentications when needed.
• Assistance in obtaining authentication of your documents from the foreign country’s Embassy from which you are adopting.

Cost:

• Dossier Preparation: The basic fee for dossier assistance is $1,000, but the cost may be higher, depending on the dossier requirements of the foreign country.
• Authentication Costs: WIA will be responsible for handling the authentication process, but you as the adoptive parent will be responsible for the cost associated with the authentication of each document as well as courier service fees and mailing fees.

Contact Information:

If you are interested in obtaining information about dossier assistance please call or email Dianne Squires.

WIA’s phone number is 801-334-8683, and you can email us at dianne@wiaa.org.