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CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY
महिला एवं बाल विकास मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार
Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt. of India

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Resident ADOPTION PROCEDURE FOR

Indian NON-RESIDENT INDIAN,
Parents OVERSEAS CITIZEN OF INDIA
OCI/Foreigner
CARDHOLDER AND FOREIGN
Living in
PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE
India
PARENTS RESIDING ABROAD
NRI/OCI/Foreigner Regulation 15. Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India
Living Cardholder to be treated at par with resident Indian.
Abroad Non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder prospective
adoptive parents shall be treated at par with Indians living in India in terms
Relative of priority for adoption of orphan, abandoned or surrendered children.
Adoption Regulation 16. Registration and Home Study Report for prospective
adoptive parents for inter-country adoption.
Adoption
1. Any non-resident Indian, Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder or
by Step- foreign prospective adoptive parents, living in a country which is a
signatory to the Hague Adoption Convention and wishing to adopt an
Parent Indian child, can approach the Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or
the Central Authority concerned, as the case may be, for preparation of
their Home Study Report and for their registration on the Designated
Register Portal.
for Foster 2. In case, there is no Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or Central
Authority in their country of habitual residence, then the non-resident
Care Indian or Overseas Citizen of India Cardholder prospective adoptive
parents shall approach the Government department or Indian
diplomatic mission concerned in that country for the purpose.
3. The Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or Central Authority or the
Government department or the Indian diplomatic mission concerned, as
Child Adoption the case may be, on ascertaining the eligibility of the prospective
adoptive parents for adopting a child, shall get their Home Study Report
Resource completed and register their application on the Designated Portal along
with the required documents as specified in the Schedule VI.
Information and
4. The seniority of the prospective adoptive parents shall be counted from
the date of their registration and uploading of requisite documents on
the Designated Portal.
 Guidance 5. The Home Study Report and other documents of the prospective
adoptive parents, referred to in this Chapter, shall be scrutinised at the
System Authority in order to determine their eligibility and suitability.
6. The profiles of two children, in one or two referrals with one month
Welcome to
interval between two consecutive referrals, shall be forwarded through
the Designated Portal to the Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or
CARINGS 3.1 - Central Authority or Government department or Indian diplomatic
mission, as the case may be, which may further forward such profiles to
Login the prospective adoptive parents concerned as per local rules:
Provided that in case of the non-resident Indian and Overseas Citizen
of India Cardholder prospective adoptive parents, the number of
Parents referrals shall be as that of resident Indians.
7. Prospective adoptive parents may reserve the referred child within
Agencies ninety-six hours.
8. In case the prospective adoptive parents fail to reserve the child within
ninety-six hours, then the profile of the child shall stand automatically
withdrawn.
9. Preference of the prospective adoptive parents shall be taken into
consideration when sending referrals to them
10. If the prospective adoptive parents reserve the child shown, they shall
accept the referral by signing the Child Study Report and Medical
Examination Report of the child within thirty days from the date of
reservation.
11. The Child Study Report, Medical Examination Report and photograph
of the child, in original, shall be sent by the Specialised Adoption
Agency to the Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or Central Authority
or the Indian diplomatic mission concerned.
12. In case the prospective adoptive parents fail to accept the
reserved child within thirty days, then the profile of the child shall
stand withdrawn from the Designated Portal and the seniority of
the prospective adoptive parents shall be relegated to the bottom
of the list; and shall be given another opportunity to reserve and
accept a child when their turn becomes due, provided that their
Home Study Report remains valid.
13. If the prospective adoptive parents desire to visit the Specialised
Adoption Agency to see the child in person after reservation, they may
be facilitated by the Specialised Adoption Agency to get the Medical
Examination Report of the child reviewed by a medical practitioner of
their choice.
14. The Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency shall forward the original
documents of the prospective adoptive parents, as specified in the
Schedule IX, to the Specialised Adoption Agency concerned for their
scrutiny.
15. All documents forming part of the Home Study Report shall be
notarised and the signature of the notary is to be apostil by the
Competent Authority of the receiving country in cases of Hague
Adoption Convention ratified countries, however the documents
originating from India shall be self-attested.
16. If the documents are in any language other than English, then the
originals must be accompanied by translations in English, duly attested
by the agency or Authority in the country of residence of the prospective
adoptive parents designated for the purpose of attestation.

Regulation 17: No Objection Certificate of Authority and pre-adoption

foster care
1. The Authority shall issue No Objection Certificate in favour of the
proposed adoption in the format provided in the Schedule X, within ten
days from the date of receipt of the acceptance of the child by the
prospective adoptive parents and letter of approval or permission of the
receiving country as per Article 5 and Article 17 of the Hague Adoption
Convention, wherever applicable; and the No Objection Certificate shall
be generated online through the Designated Portal.
 2. The prospective adoptive parents may take the child in pre-adoption
foster care for a temporary period within India after issuance of No
Objection Certificate by the Authority while the adoption order is
pending, by furnishing an undertaking to the Specialised Adoption
Agency in the format provided in the Schedule VIII
3. The prospective adoptive parents shall receive final custody of the child
from the Specialised Adoption Agency as soon as the passport and visa
are issued to the child after issuance of adoption order from the District
Magistrate

Regulation 18. Adoption Order

1. The legal procedure as provided in regulation 13 shall, mutatis
mutandis be followed in cases of inter-country adoption under this
Chapter.
2. On receipt of the No Objection Certificate from the Authority, the
Specialised Adoption Agency shall approach the District Child
Protection Unit within five days with the adoption application and the
District Child Protection Unit shall scrutinise the application for
submission of the dossier to the District Magistrate within five days in
the format provided in the Schedule XXIX:
Provided that the aforesaid timeline shall be reduced to three days at
each stage once it is enabled through the online mode.
3. In cases of the prospective adoptive parents habitually residing abroad
desire the Specialised Adoption Agency to represent on their behalf, the
application shall also be accompanied by a Power of Attorney in favour
of the social worker or adoption in-charge of the Specialised Adoption
Agency which is processing the case and such Power of Attorney shall
handle the case on behalf of the prospective adoptive parents.

Regulation 19. Passport and visa, intimation to immigration

authorities, Conformity Certificate, Birth Certificate, etc.
1. The Authority shall issue a Conformity Certificate under Article 23 of the
Hague Adoption Convention in the format provided in the Schedule XI
within three days from the date of availability of the adoption order on
the Designated Portal, in case the receiving country of the adopted
child is a signatory to the Hague Adoption Convention.
2. The Authority shall inform the immigration authorities and the foreign
regional registration office about confirmation of the adoption.
3. To obtain Indian passport for the adopted child, the Specialised
Adoption Agency shall submit the application to the regional passport
officer within three days from the date of receipt of the adoption order.
4. The regional passport office shall issue passport for the adopted child
within ten days from the date of receipt of application, in accordance
with the circulars regarding issuance of passport to inter-country
adopted children, issued by the Ministry of External Affairs of the
Central Government from time to time.
5. The Specialised Adoption Agency shall approach the birth certificate
issuing Authority for obtaining birth certificate of the adopted child, with
the name of adoptive parents, as parents, and date of birth as recorded
in the adoption order within a period of five days of obtaining of the
certified copy of the adoption order.
6. The adoptive parents shall come to India for taking the adopted child to
their country within a period of two months from the date of adoption
order.

Regulation 20. Follow-up of progress of adopted child by Non-

resident Indian, Overseas Citizens of India Cardholder and foreign
adoptive parents.
1. The Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or the Central Authority or
Indian diplomatic mission or Government department concerned, as the
case may be, shall report the progress of the adopted child for two
 years from the date of arrival of the adopted child in the receiving
country, on a quarterly basis during the first year and on six monthly
basis in the second year, by uploading information online on the
Designated Portal along with photographs of the child as provided in
the Schedule XII.
2. On the basis of the progress report or in course of post-adoption home
visits, if an adjustment problem of an adoptee with the adoptive parents
comes to the notice of the Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or
Central Authority or the Government department concerned in the
receiving country, necessary counselling shall be arranged for the
adoptive parents and for the adoptee, wherever applicable.
3. If it is found that the adoptee is unable to adjust in the adoptive family
or that the continuance of the child in the adoptive family is not in the
interest of the child, the Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or Central
Authority or the Government department in the receiving country, as the
case may be, shall withdraw the child and provide necessary
counselling and shall arrange for suitable alternate adoption or foster
placement of the child in that country, in consultation with the Indian
diplomatic mission and the Authority.
4. In case of disruption or dissolution of adoption, the child shall be
entitled to receive care, protection and rehabilitation through the child
protection services of that country and as provided in the Hague
Adoption Convention.
5. The Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or Central Authority or
Government department concerned shall contact Indian diplomatic
mission to render necessary help and facilitate the repatriation of the
child, if required.
6. The Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency or Central Authority or
Government department concerned, may organise annual get-together
of Indian adoptees and their adoptive parents and forward a report of
the event to the Authority.
7. The prospective adoptive parents shall furnish an undertaking to the
effect that they shall allow personal visits of the representative of
Authorised Foreign Adoption Agency, the foreign Central Authority or
Government department concerned, as the case may be, to ascertain
the progress of the child with the adoptive parents or family at least for
a period of two years from the date of arrival of the child in the receiving
country.

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