Home Study (includes post placement reports)- 4000.00
State Home Study approval fee 175.00
USCIS/I600a fees (the "pre-visa" or permission to bring orphans to US) 910.00
Psychological evals 560.00
Agency application fee 250.00
Agency fee (see below for explanation) 5750.00
Express mailing fee 225.00
Wire transfer fee 600.00
DNA testing 990.00
Referral acceptance/International fee 6000.00
Post placement reporting service 900.00
Post placement deposit 500.00
Misc mail costs 100.00
Travel --- trip 1= 4297.00
---trip 2= 7051.00
Foster and medical care/School fees $210 per month until home---=
630.00
Visa fees 200.00
Vaccinations 619.00
Readoption fees in US court 700.00
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$34457
**Agency fees include services rendered such as: coordinating, advising, educating, reviewing, counseling, assistance with country paperwork prep, presenting a translated referral, travel prep and support, ensuring USCIS cable for visa, communicating with US embassy in Accra, etc. I can give you all this in even more detail if you are curious-just email me
**International/country fee is assessed by the in country team of foreign providers, translators, attorneys and administrative support
**Travel includes: Actual expenses for first trip includes:
2 tickets= $2747.20, food, taxi/transportation = $500, and hosting fee (to the coordinator with the agency) of $1050. Total= $4297.
Actual expenses for second trip includes:
3 tickets (2 for us and 1 for Amaya)= $5851, $300 hosting fee, and approximately $900 for hotel, food, and taxi. Total= $7051
**Savannah went on this trip but I did not include her airline ticket for vaccination/visa fees
Hosting fee is $150/day and includes apartment, interpreter/translator service and local transportation.
**Misc fees not included in this list are including but not limited to: MD co pay visits (for us--for our Dossier), blood work, local fingerprinting ($40), etc.
Hopefully this gives you a better idea of what all it takes.
I also wanted to mention that there is a tax credit we should be able to use. I don't want to hide it from anyone but it will still only cover approximately 1/3 so still lots of money needed.
Unfortunately this number does not include $2000 lost from the first agency. We had to switch because of their unethical behavior. This was a horrendous amount of money for us to lose, but we felt it was the right thing to do.
