Adoption
Do you have a document that needs to be certified by a Notary Public in connection with an adoption? What documents do you need for the adoption and how do you go about it? In this section, we explain everything you need to know about the services a Notary Public can offer in the context of an adoption.
How do you go about an adoption?
In the intercountry adoption process, applicants usually maintain a lot of contact with foreign authorities, sometimes requiring a Notary Public to stamp various types of documents before they are submitted for review. At this stage, we can help you through the entire process. From start to finish. We’ll help you from the first step to a finalized adoption.
If you have adoption documents that need to be certified, you can send them to us or come by our office. Many documents can be processed the same day at the office, but if they are sent by mail, it takes about one to three days to process the case. One tip is to always ask your adoption agency what documents you need to have certified by a Notary Public.
Adoption – Step by step
- Contact an adoption agency.
- Contact the social services department in your municipality. They will start an investigation to assess your suitability as an adoptive parent.
- Before starting an investigation, you must undergo mandatory parental training.
- After the course is completed, the Social Welfare Board can finalize the investigation and take a decision on the adoption consent.
- Contact the adoption agency again and send the documents for the consent for adoption. After this, discuss with the agency, for example, which country you want to adopt from.
- The adoption agency will help you draw up the adoption documents. This usually requires the stamp of a notary public.
- Once the adoption documents are ready, an application is sent to the country you are adopting from.
- After a period of waiting, you will be informed about the child you are going to become a parent to.
- Travel to the country concerned to pick up the child.
- Perfect adoption. You are now at home with the child.
- Follow-up report abroad on the progress of the process.
Adoption agencies
There are several different adoption agencies in Sweden. The authority responsible for these is the Swedish Agency for International Adoptions (MIA), which also decides which organizations may be responsible for adoptions. Examples of popular adoption agencies are:
La Casa Adoption Association (ALC)
Friends of the Children – International Adoption Association
Adoption Sweden cost
Adoption means that you accept a child as your own. The child gets the same rights as if it was yours biological children. To adopt, you must be at least 18 years old. There is no upper age limit for adoption.
It is difficult to say an exact price for an adoptionas it varies depending on the adoption agency you use and the country you choose to adopt from. First, an adoption fee is paid to the adoption agency. Then there are fees for translations, the services of a notary public and travel costs incurred when you bring the child home. Normally, the cost of a adoption between 60 000 – 190 000 SEK. Contact an adoption organization and get in line. Adoption organizations can provide you with a lot of information and help.