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Romania adhered to the Hague Convention in regards to Intercountry Adoption. The Romanian authority in matters of intercountry adoption is ANPDCA (government authority). They receive the adoption applications and have the authority to express consent to continuation of the adoption procedure and to issue the Certificate of eligibility, of the Hague Convention.
There is no charge for international adoptions from Romania.
The prospective adopter or at least one of the prospective adoptive parents has to be a Romanian citizen.
Once you have obtained the Letter of Approval from the Ontario Ministry, CARC will prepare your file for the government authority in Romania, ANPDCA, with all the required documents (valid Romanian passport, certified copies of marriage and birth certificates, criminal records from both Canada and Romania, medical certificate), plus your Homestudy and send the dossier to Romania. After receiving your complete file, ANPDCA will register your name on the National Adoption Registry for prospective adoptive parents. When there is a potential matching with a child, ANPDCA informs CARC and transmits the Child Study Report, with recent photos and a video of the child.
Once the Child Proposal is accepted, your Adoption Practitioner will prepare the document with the comments of acceptance and send it to CARC to revise and complete the file. CARC will send this file to the Ministry in Ontario for approval, and then to ANPDCA in Romania. You will travel to Romania and you will be spending at least one month to get to know your child and begin bonding.
Your international adoption must be finalized in a Romanian court, and the adoption order issued there. Once you obtain the Last Adoption Decree you will apply for the Hague Certificate, the child’s new Birth Certificate and Romanian Passport. All these documents, plus the Citizenship Approval obtained previously, will be sent to the Canadian Ambassy in Romania to obtain the child’s enter Visa to Canada.
Romania requires eight post-adoption reports prepared by your Adoption Practitioner, for the first 2 years.