Georgia: Country and Program Overview

Children Available | Parent Requirements | Program and Process

The ancient and historically significant country of The ancient and historically significant country of Georgia borders Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey. The climate is similar to the southeastern section of the United States. The terrain is mountainous and often lush, as evidenced by the beautiful sea sides and stunning views from every city vista. Georgia is the second nation to adopt Christianity as the national faith. St. Nino brought Christianity to Georgia in 317 AD. The primary Church is the Georgian Orthodox Church. Georgians are spiritually and physically beautiful people with creamy fair to dark olive complexion, dark hair and dark eyes.

Children Available

The children range in age from birth to 12 years. Referrals are made after a 6 month government registry period has expired, unless the child has a significant special need. In this case, the registry period is often reduced. Children are made known and referred by the Ministry of Education and Sciences (MOES). Eligible children reside in orphanages and the care is greatly improving under the supervision of a new and experienced director. The MOES offers referrals with medical and social history reports, photos and access to an independent medical examination by a US embassy panel physician. Children available for adoption have minor to correctible special needs, physical (and possibly emotional) delays as a result of institutional care or have non-correctible special needs. Sibling groups and non-related children can be adopted through this program.

Parent Requirements

Married couples and single women are eligible to apply for infants, toddlers or older children.

Program and Process

We recommend Hopscotch Adoptions as a primary provider for adoptions from Georgia. Partners for Adoption will complete your homestudy for this adoption and work closely with your primary provider.

To begin the process, a dossier is required for submission to the Ministry of Education and Science. Upon submission of required Apostilled documents, your dossier is sent to Georgia and translated into Georgian. Your dossier is hand-delivered to the MOES and registered for approval. This takes approximately 1-2 months. Once the MOES approves the family for adoption, a search can begin for a suitable referral.