Adoption Process Updates

We are going to try to update this page every weekend.  We may do it on Saturday or Sunday.  It just depends what is going on during the weekend.  We will only update those dossiers (files) that have changed.  If your file has not moved from one government office to another, then it will stay the same on this page.  If I find out anything special about a dossier, I will put it next to the child's name.  I will only list children's first names and where they are in the process.  This way you do not have to wait for the photo updates each month to know where your dossier is in the Haitian Adoption System.  We hope this will help relieve some of the stress that comes along with a Haitian adoption!

Anything with a -D after it means it is waiting for a dispensation.  If it has a -L after IBESR it means that it is in the hands of the lawyer and we are just waiting for the IBESR number.  If there is just have a number after a child's name, it means that the dossier is in IBESR.

If you do not want your adoption information on this page, please send us an email and it will be removed. 

Steps of an adoption in the order they happen:

Pre-IBESR = We are preparing your dossier to go into Haitian Social Services.  There are some legal documents that must be made after you accept your proposal and some of them must be legalized at the Ministry of Justice.  If we have problems getting a document, this can delay this step.

IBESR = Haitian Social Services

Parquet = Pre-Courts, they interview the birth parents and give permission for the dossier to go through the Haitian court system.

Courts = The dossier is in the Haitian Courts having the actual adoption declared and legalized.

Attest or Attestation= After court papers are finished, the Act of Adoption must be sent to the National Archives and they declare that the signature on the Act of Adoption is legal.

Legal or Legalization = All court papers must be sent to the Ministry of Justice to be legalized.  They declare that the signature on all of the paperwork actually is the signature of the Judge who signed it.

MAE = Ministry of Foreign Affairs must legalize the signature of the person in the Ministry of Justice who signed your paperwork in the step above.

MOI = All Adoption passports must go through the Ministry of the Interior for approval before Immigration will print the passport.

Printing= Your dossier is in Immigration waiting for the passport to be printed.

Visa=Your dossier is in your country's Embassy waiting for a visa to be issued!

LAST UPDATED 16 June 2010  * Special note: The court process includes both the civil court and the act of adoption done by the local state officer who made the birth certificate.

 

MAIN HOUSE Current Status TODDLER HOUSE Current Status KIDS ELSEWHERE Current Status
Alexandra MOI Alex courts
Benicio parquet Andy MOI Daphné IBESR
Berlanda parquet Bernard IBESR Daphnée Pre-Parquet
Berlency parquet Carmelina parquet Richard IBESR
Berlony parquet Cindy Love courts Richardo IBESR
Bethsaïna parquet Dalina parquet Steevenson Herman Courts
Daphné  IBESR Daralyne courts Wendylove Courts
David  IBESR Destinée IBESR  
Delson courts Ermithe IBESR
Dialouna courts Evelyne parquet
Edson parquet Evna MOI
Erline courts Fabien parquet
Esnadjaïka "Nadine" Attestation Fanita Pre-parquet
Evena pre-parquet Francky parquet
Fanès courts Gaëlle courts
Ferlanson MOI Jameson courts
Finder IBESR Junior Henriquez courts
Gedeleine courts Kervens courts
Jacob courts Laura courts
Jamesley pre-parquet Lickson courts
Jameson courts Malaïka courts
Jean Robert parquet Manaïka courts
Jean Wisly IBESR Maylie parquet  
Jeffry courts Megan Rose courts
Jephté IBESR Neïka IBESR
Jerry IBESR Nickelson parquet
Johnny parquet Odeleine parquet
Johnny parquet Odnelson parquet
Kenderson courts Peterson courts
Kenley courts Ronalson parquet
Loveson Attest Safira parquet
Luckson parquet Saraphina courts
Mackensley parquet Sendy IBESR
Mackenzy MOI Silvanie IBESR
Marquelove courts Venor courts
Merujy Mardochee IBESR
Mike IBESR
Myrdson courts
Naïka parquet
Naldo parquet
Noe pre-IBESR
Patrick IBESR
Rénalia courts
Ronelson parquet
Sevil parquet
Solandèse IBESR
Steevenson courts
Wally courts
Wilda  parquet
Wildanise MOI