Bulgaria. The Country of Contrasts.
Bulgaria is a country of contrasts that sits near the crossroads of Europe and Asia. The influence of both the Europeans and its Middle East neighbors are felt in its culture and reflected in its people. Bulgaria is bounded on the north by Romania, on the east by the Black Sea, on the southeast by Turkey, on the south by Greece and on the west by Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. Bulgaria’s capital city, Sofia, is located in the west central part of the country. The official language is Bulgarian.
Lifeline Children’s Services is pleased to be able to offer a program in Bulgaria. With a lower international fee and the fact multiple children can be adopted on one international fee, Bulgaria adoption this is a promising option for many families. There is no additional fee for any number of children adopted regardless of whether they are biological siblings, as long as they are located at the same orphanage. If the children are located in a separate orphanage then there is an additional fee for each separate location, although the fee is relatively low.
Lifeline Children’s Services works with Dreams Foundation in Bulgaria to complete your adoption. The Director of this agency, Antonia Vladimirova, has fourteen years of experience helping families to adopt. Dreams Foundation is Hague accredited and has a wonderful working relationship with the MOJ (Ministry of Justice) in Sophia, Bulgaria. Toni will be with you every step of your way while you are in Bulgaria.
We are currently able to accept families desiring to adopt a particular pre-identified waiting child from our waiting child list or families that are desiring to submit a dossier for a child that is special needs, older (above 6) and/or sibling group (provided that the policy and qualifications of Bulgaria are met as well as the requirements of state of residence/Lifeline policies). Dossiers for healthy younger children may be accepted on a case to case basis with the adoptive parents understanding that the wait for a referral can be very long and with no actual estimation. Bulgaria is giving preference for healthy younger children to families that have had their dossiers in country for a healthy child since 2006 and 2007.
The estimated wait for a healthy younger child is 12-24 months, although the wait could be much longer. The adoption of healthy children over the age of 6 and sibling groups takes a shorter amount of time than this and children with special needs are matched immediately. In the situation of the adoption of a child with special needs who is listed with the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria (MOJ) as waiting (waiting child list), parents can be given a referral immediately upon submission of their dossier with the MOJ, since many special needs children are in need of homes. Most children that are available for adoption are of Roma, Turkish or European decent, and are cared for in an orphanage setting. You will receive a picture and complete medical before accepting a child and, on occasion, video of the child will be made available.
Lifeline currently has waiting children available.
These children are available immediately and upon interest we will immediately contact our Bulgarian Director to determine that this child is still available. At this point we will immediately begin the process for your adoption of this child and remove the child from the waiting child listing.
Lifeline Children’s Services is very blessed to help precious children from Bulgaria come into loving Christian homes. This is a wonderful program and we seek to glorify the Lord is our ministry/work. We will be praying for you every step of the way and help you through the entire adoption process.
