Accepting the Referral
Adoption Procedure
D. ACCEPTING THE REFERRAL – DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
For the official acceptance of the referral of the child and while still in Bulgaria, applicants may sign in front of a notary public the respective documents from group B. Within the same two-month period and prior/after their trip to Bulgaria, applicants shall provide to ANIDO new apostilled medical and police certificates, as well as 2 certificates, issued by the respective Central Authority in the applicants’ country of residence, that is:
1) Certificate pursuant to art. 17.c of the Hague Convention, containing the Central Authority's approval for the adoption procedure to continue and
2) Certificate evidencing which authority will carry out the post-adoption monitoring of adopted child's adaptation in the new family; the said authority shall provide a post-placement report at every 6 months during 2 years, i.e. 4 report in total.
Within the same two-month period, ANIDO shall present to the Ministry of Justice all these documents, translated into Bulgarian and apostilised, and shall initiate the legal phase of adoption procedure.
As an exception, in case of an unforeseen circumstances, the 2 month term can be extended by another 30 days.
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Intercountry Adoption Council sessions
This section contains information on the referrals (proposals) made by the IAC. This is the body within the Bulgarian Ministry of Justice, which makes the referrals.
You made our dream come true - B. S. and M. van B., the Netherlands
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In the spring of 2012 we received the greatest news of all – we were about to become parents of a little girl from Bulgaria. She had a difficult start in life and she was placed in a baby home in Sofia where she was waiting for her mum and dad to take her home. We received a picture where we saw a tiny little girl with brown curly hair and enormous brown eyes. She was so cute, so beautiful! Later it turned out that we both felt one and the same feeling simultaneously – yes, this is her, our daughter, and no one else!
