Udon Thani Timeudon thani adoption
udon thani adoption
It seems to me that I once did a post relating to the subject of whatever resources are available to adopted or otherwise transplanted Thai children who might one day wish to try and locate their birth parents. But darned if I can track it down, unless this is it here.
Regardless, I suppose this post should be focusing more upon the process of adoption, and not so much any aftermath in the years thereafter. So let’s take a look at the topic in general as it relates to the country of Thailand. Please note that this is a translation of a French Canadian website dealing with an adoption that will bring a Thai child to Quebec, but only a very little of the described final process is specific to Quebec — everything else would apply to any destination country.
Adoption in Thailand
The adoption in Thailand is managed by the state through the Department of Social Development and Welfare (DSDW). The Thai authorities are responsible for finding the best possible parents for a child in particular the long and arduous process of twinning. It is this process which ensures that files are not processed in order of arrival. Although this seems unfair or at least frustrating parents who have adopted in Thailand are often the first to say: “It is as if the child had always been part of the family.” Children in orphanages are well treated and rarely exhibit persistent problems of attachment or adaptation.
There are at least seven orphanages that we are aware. Here is the list and their location:
| • | Pakkred Nonthaburi – northern suburb of Bangkok; |
| • | Phayathai also Nonthaburi (formerly located in the heart of Bangkok and moved to January 2005); |
| • | Rangsit in the city of Bangkok; |
| • | Vieng Ping in the city of Chiang Mai; |
| • | Udon Thani in the northeast of Thailand; |
| • | Khon Kaen (Kanthong Babies Home) as the northeast of Thailand; |
| • | Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south; |
| • | Song Hla also in the south. |
Most children are in orphanages. Although in the past two years we have seen proposals where the child was placed in foster care, it is still is a minority. According to parents who went to Thailand to pick up their children, orphanages, although small, are clean and organized. The reception is going very well in general although in more remote areas, the difficulties of language are more important.
Children are typically offered between 18 and 30 months. Waiting times are relatively long (currently just over 24 months), especially for requests for girls and young children. The specific criteria to adopt in Thailand are clearly identified on this site.
Thailand does not encourage contact between birth parents and adopted children. No doubt it is an action that is taken to support the consent to adoption, since without it, social services are obliged to conduct an investigation to find the mother or another family member to place the child with his family or at least to obtain such consent. That said, Thailand recognizes the importance of Thailand as a child is “exposed” to its original culture. Therefore, they created a program called “Nativeland Program” designed to give Thai children adopted internationally insight into their culture. In July 2006, we have the opportunity to visit Thailand during the “Nativeland” with many parents who will join us to explore Thailand with their child.
Parents who accept a proposal from Thailand will both be on site to pick up the child and meet with the Committee for adoption. We were informed that it was possible to arrange an escort for a second adoption in Thailand, but we could not verify it yet. We recommend more careful to plan a trip to Thailand. Once there, it takes approximately 15 days depending on where the child is located.
Thailand is an enchanting country, and people of extreme kindness. If it is a little disconcerting to meet in Bangkok, (while waiting for the committee) a visit is worth it as they say. Places to visit are numerous and easy to maneuver. The Royal Palace is a splendor and a ride on a long tail on the Chao Phraya River may leave you lasting memories. Food, for a little adventure which has the palate is sublime. The service is friendly and relatively efficient. It is always possible, once you finished with the committee to visit other parts of Thailand while waiting for the visa for the child. The southern islands are popular with tourists and tourism infrastructure is well developed in most places to visit.
Final adoption is done here. Upon arrival in Quebec, parents must make an application in accordance with the Youth Centre in their area, to get a placement order. Must, within six months of arrival, producing three progress reports will be written by a (an) employee (to) social (e) or psychologist referred by the Youth Centre. We must also wait for the approval of Thailand prior to the request for adoption order in court. Once the decision reached, it is possible to apply for Canadian citizenship. This whole process takes about a year (although it is not uncommon that it takes a little longer). It is therefore essential to produce progress reports on time.
Once the authorization received and registered adoption at the Consulate of the Kingdom of Thailand in Ottawa and your adoption order in hand, your obligations to Thailand and Youth Centre of Quebec are over.
The French Canadian website the above is from is Enfants d’Orient.
From this point, I am merely going to offer some other sites that may be of possible interest to you with the prevailing theme being — to varying degrees — related to this post’s subject heading. One site in particular is quite involving, so I have selected a number of posts from it.
Five months later I found myself at a conference for missionaries and pastors across Asia, which was held in Udon Thani, Thailand. While I was there, I felt right at home. The rural surroundings reminded me of South Dakota, …
Publish Date: 08/10/2010 5:03
http://seejamieblog.com/2010/08/adoption-story-guest-post-by-chandra/
… been to udon thani? where in the world is udon thani? it’s a town in the far northern part of thailand. i (chandra) spent a little less than a week there in october 1999. tonight we received a packet of info from wacap (adoption …
Publish Date: 12/14/2006 20:05
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2006/12/mere-coincidence.html
… have either already adopted from the same orphanage or who is in the process. in fact, one lady should be going to get her preteen daughter at the udon thani girls’ home this monday/tuesday. this single mom lives in pennsylvania, …
Publish Date: 12/09/2007 19:33
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2007/12/latest-update-on-adoption-news.html
… signed by us. we don’t need to stay anonymous, anymore, according to the director of the orphanage in udon thani. our adoption coordinator said that that means that the orphanage director must be quite confident that there will be …
Publish Date: 11/05/2007 19:07
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2007/11/some-surprising-news.html
… that due to the citizenship act of 2000 every adopted child, even if the adoption is not yet finalized, is considered a us citizen as soon as they land of us soil. so, that happened for penny on saturday morning in portland, or. this morning she was feeling much better than last night. she had a total meltdown last night, sobbing that she wanted to go back home to udon thani. it’s hard to be hit by jet lag, altitude sickness (she threw up at walmart), homesickness, …
Publish Date: 01/13/2009 17:21
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-christmasbirthday-to-remember.html
… to where we needed to go and our friend came and helped show the next taxi the way. penny was seeming very withdrawn and down the last couple of days. she asked our friends when she’d be going back to udon thani. i just said, “mai sahp ka. … we’re now planning to stay there for tuesday and wednesday and hopefully will fly out on christmas day. the missionaries we met last night kindly called the us nw airlines adoption reservations deask via skype so that we could …
Publish Date: 12/21/2008 1:38
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2008/12/getting-lost-losing-sleep-but-not-hope.html
So, she’s definitely been homesick and missing the familiar from her previous life in Udon Thani. My husband and I wish that we … I visited Udon Thani back in 1999 before I ever knew Jay or Penny. When Jay and I went to get …
Publish Date: 08/29/2010 6:46
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2010/08/reminiscing-about-udon-thani.html
We flew from Udon Thani to Bangkok on Sun., Dec. 14th, 2008. From the airport we took a taxi to downtown Bangkok to stay at the Bangkok Christian Guest House (near the Sala Daeng train station). We ended up spending a lot of our time there and at … On that Monday, the 15th, we had our first meeting at the Thai Adoption Center. We met the government worker who helps out all of the WACAP families. Penny was not used to the long taxi rides in stop-n-go traffic of Bangkok. …
Publish Date: 12/15/2010 15:14
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-years-ago-on-dec-14th-15th.html
But, we managed to find it and give him the four documents that we had received at the Adoption Center that morning, including the form that we thought was her birth certificate (turns out it was a document meant to be in place of her original … We were also so glad that we had gotten passport sized pictures taken while we were back in Udon Thani, because one of their forms required one of those photos. It was a beautiful hospital! But, we had left our bags in the front …
Publish Date: 12/18/2010 6:21
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2010/12/two-years-ago-on-dec16th-17th.html
We discovered, much to our surprise, that this year they changed the tax law and we can now get our full adoption tax credit. So, our return will be much bigger than we anticipated. Praise God! So, we feel we could even afford to take a … She used all of her savings money and paid a friend back in her hometown of Udon Thani to purchase and send her a new Thai dress. She is planning to wear the dress when she does a Thai dance for a tryout at a community talent show on …
Publish Date: 02/26/2011 5:30
http://eternityminded.blogspot.com/2011/02/feb-2011.html
The step-mother has contacted the Sawang Boriboon Foundation to transport the child’s body to Udon Thani province where his funeral will be held, Lit. Virat said. Police Lieutenant Virat said that the Institute of Forensic has … According to Pornchai’s answers, the child’s parents, Ekachai and Wandee Pin Sub gave their son to her for adoption with permission to change his surname legally, Piyanat said. However, this information will be verified at the Department of …
Publish Date: 05/23/2011 23:50
http://www.pattayadailynews.com/en/2011/05/24/preliminary-autopsy-results-of-boy-2-revealed/
It is nasty to use that last excerpt to sign this post off…but this is the World we have.
udon thani adoption
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