Guidelines for Family Adoption of Indians Staying Abroad
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Eligibility for PAP
1.1 For the purpose of qualifying adoption of a relative’s child, the prospective adoptive parent should be Indian born in India and staying abroad either with Indian or Foreign citizenship. For such family adoption, the relation should be limited to first degree of relationship from both adoptive parents and biological parent’s family tree.
1.2 Requirements of age criteria and Home Study Report shall be as per In-country Guidelines issued by Central Adoption Resource Agency, Govt. of India.
1.3 In case of eventuality or extraordinary circumstances, a second adoption from India may be considered only when the legal adoption of the first child is completed.
1.4 In case of Non-Hague counties, the legal measures for finalization of adoption should be as per the concerned country’s laws