Haiti

Hague status: Not a Hague Convention member

Residency requirements:
Haitian law does not require prospective adoptive parents to reside in Haiti, although Haitian courts and/or the Institut du Bien Etre Social et de Recherches (IBESR, the Haitian adoption authority) may require American prospective adoptive parents to travel to Haiti before the adoption is finalized. The U.S. Government does not require adoptive parents to travel to Haiti at any time during the adoption and immigrant visa process.

Age requirements:
Under Haitian law, the prospective adoptive parent must be 35 or older. For married couples, one prospective adoptive parent may be under age 35, provided the couple has been married for ten years and has no biological children. The adoptive parent must be at least 19 years older than the child they intend to adopt. These restriction can be waived with permission from the President of Haiti.

Marriage requirement:
Adoptions by married couples require the consent of both spouses. This restriction can be waived with permission from the President of Haiti.

Other requirement:
Haitian law permits adoptions by single parents, provided they meet the age requirements.

Waiver of Ineligibility: 
While Presidential waivers of ineligibility are sometimes issued, they are difficult to obtain and require a lengthy period of time to process. Prospective adoptive parents who do not fit the guidelines should consider not adopting in Haiti.

Organization	From	To
A Love Beyond Borders
Accueil et Partage
Adoption Alliance (CO)
Adoption-Link (Chances by Choice)
Agir pour l'Enfant
All Blessings International
Alliance for Children, Inc. (MA)
Bethany Christian Services
Building Arizona Families
Canadian Advocates for the Adoption of Children (CAFAC)		2010-01-26
Carolina Adoption Services
CASI Foundation for Children
Celebrate Children International
Chemin vers l'enfant
Children of All Nations (CAN)
Compassionate Hearts
DeColores Adoptions International
Eltern für Kinder (Parents for Children)
Enfants de l'Espoir
Enfants du Monde (France)
European Adoption Consultants (EAC)
Focus on Children Utah
Global Adoption Services, Inc.
Hand in Hand International Adoptions
Heart to Heart Adoption Service, Inc.
Holt International Children's Services
International Child Foundation
La Cause
Lifeline Children’s Services
Lifelink international adoptions
Loving Stork Charities Foundation
Medecins du Monde
Mission of T.E.A.R.S.
MLJ Adoptions, Inc.
Oeuvre de l'Adoption Comite de Lyon
Partners for Adoption
Ray of Hope
Sourires d'Enfants
Ti-Malice
Wasatch International Adoption		2008-09-01

Organization	From	To
Adopt International and Domestic Services (CA)
Heartsent Adoptions, Inc.
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois	2006-07-01	2007-06-30
One World Adoption Services

Organization	State/Province	City
Institut du Bien Etre Social et de Recherches (IBESR), Haiti	Ouest	Port-au-Prince

Organization	State/Province	City
New Life Link	Ouest	Port-au-Prince

Organization	State/Province	City
Project Pierre Toussaint	Nord	Cap-Haitien

Organization	State/Province	City
Fondation Pour les Enfants d'Haiti (FEH)	Ouest	Port-au-Prince

Organization	State/Province	City
A New Arrival Children’s Center	Ouest	Petionville
Foyer de la Nouvelle Vie	Ouest	Petionville
Foyer de Sion, Haiti	Ouest	Carrefour Feuilles
Giving Hope Rescue Mission orphanage	Ouest	Montrouis
God's Littlest Angels (Haiti, orphanage)	Ouest	Fermate
Holt Fontana Village	Ouest	Montrouis
In the Father's Hand Children's Home	Nord-Ouest	Port-de-Paix
Les Brebis de Saint Michel de l'Attalaye (BRESMA)	Ouest	Petionville
Maranatha Orphanage	Ouest	Aubry
Petit Anges de Chantal	Ouest	Port au Prince
River of Hope orphanage	Ouest	Manothe
Sourire d'Amour, Haiti	Ouest	Pétionville

Organization	State/Province	City
Crèche de l'Enfant Jésus	Ouest	Ti Mache

Organization	Province	City
Boys at Project Pierre Toussaint	Nord	Cap-Haïtien
Children in care of Keith Lashbrook	Nord-Ouest	Port-de-Paix

Report	Date
Haiti - misc child trafficking articles case	2007-09-01

Document	Date
Alert: Haiti authorizes U.S. adoption service providers	2013-04-24
Haiti to overhaul adoption laws to protect its children, curb child trafficking and neglect	2012-11-30
More Haitian orphans coming to Utah	2010-02-06
Haitian children arrive in Frankfurt for adoption	2010-01-29
Manitoba agency halts Haiti adoptions	2010-01-26
“Adoption is a last resort”	2010-01-23
Home At Last	2010-01-22
Klobuchar seeks help for Americans poised to adopt children from Haiti	2010-01-18
Plane carrying orphans from Haiti on its way to Pittsburgh	2010-01-18
Dutch Government allows new 'Babylift'operation to get children for adoption from Haiti	2010-01-15
Adoptions of Haitian children thrown into chaos	2010-01-15
Prospective parents grow more worried about Haiti's orphans	2010-01-15
Orphanage: Adoption plan needed for Haitian children	2010-01-15
Haiti quake puts parents' adoption dreams in limbo	2010-01-15
You can help: East Tennessee efforts to support Haiti	2010-01-14
Families worry about children's food, adoption papers	2010-01-14
Haitian boy, 4, arrives at new home in Eugene	2010-01-05
Haiti: Ordeal of Children Victims of Trafficking for International Adoption Revealed	2007-09-01