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Adoption Service

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The Adoption Unit finds suitable and permanent homes for children who have lost their parents through death or desertion and the children who were born out of wedlock and whose parents are unable to maintain them. For children with special needs, suitable local adoptive homes are difficult to find; and some of them were adopted by overseas families. The Adoption Unit also assists in adoption through private arrangement, mostly by step-parents or relatives.

    

         Considering Adoption              Considering Adoption - Chin              Considering Adoption - Indo               Considering Adoption - Taga      

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Application Procedures on Local Adoption
Information on people who are likely to be successful in adoption application and the application process is available in the leaflet 'Considering Adoption'. Interested persons can approach the Adoption Unit for further information and services.

Address :

Room 201, 2/F., North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong

Tel. No.:

3595 1935

Fax No.:

3595 0025 

Opening Hours.:

Monday to Friday 
8:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Closed on Saturday, Sunday and Public Holiday

   
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Fees and Charges
Assessment on the suitability of adoption applicants is provided by the Adoption Unit free of charge. A fee of $2,840 is charged to the successful applicants for acting as guardian ad litem for the prospective adoptive child in adoption proceedings.

 

*  Intercountry Adoption           PDF  (Acrobat Document)

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Others

 

With the operation of the Adoption(Amendment) Ordinance on 25 January 2006, the Director of Social Welfare is appointed as the Central Authority(CA) in Hong Kong while an accreditation system is put in place to allow NGOs duly accredited to perform duties delegated by the CA. For details about the accreditation system and list of NGOs in respective of adoption, please click the link below:

 

 
Accreditation System for Intercountry Adoption                PDF (Acrobat Document)

Accreditation System for Local Adoption                           PDF (Acrobat Document)

List of Accredited Bodies for Intercountry Adoption         PDF (Acrobat Document)

List of Accredited Bodies for Local Adoption                    PDF (Acrobat Document)

Code of Practice for Accredited Bodies                            PDF(Acrobat Document)

Guidelines on the Assessment of Application to           PDF(Acrobat Document)                 Advertise Adoption Service in Hong Kong

       

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Key Statistics
As at end of December 2011, the key statistics on adoption service are as follow:

Number of adoption applications being handled:

Adoption by local homes 153
Adoption by overseas families 30
Privately arranged adoption by relatives, etc. 25


Children available for adoption as at 31 December 2011:

Characteristics of Children

 Number

Normal and healthy 0
Of relatively complicated family background (e.g. abandoned children, birth parent was drug dependent, etc.) 12
Children aged 3 or above 19
With health issues 12
Disabled 69
Total 112

 

 
 

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