Frogmountain

Good luck!! 

Check out these groups:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThailandAdoptiveFamilies/?ref=share

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bambiadoptionsupport/?ref=share

48 minutes ago, Frogmountain said:

Hi Giruz,

 

I am so sorry to hear about your fertility struggles. 

 

First, you do not need to live in country in order to adopt. That option is for non-Thai families living in Thailand who want to adopt and are not using a private agency. Those families must continue to live in Thailand for two years after finalization of adoption. This is to prevent child trafficking. 

 

Many families from the UK and Europe have adopted Thai children using private agencies. Do a little Googling to find out which agencies are working with Thailand. In the U.S., many families adopt through Holt International.

 

Since your wife is Thai, there may be other options open to you, too. Please reach out to the Child Adoption Agency in Bangkok. 

Here is the contact info: 

Thailand - Central Authority
Child Adoption Center
Department of Children and Youth
Ministry of Social Development and Human Security
Ratchawithi Home for Girls
255 Ratchawithi Road 
Ratchathewi District
Bangkok 10400

Tel. / tél. : +66 (2) 3068821; +66 (2) 3068801
Fax / télécopie: + 66(2) 3547511

E-mail / courriel: [email protected]
Website / site web : www.dcy.go.th/webnew/oppnews/      

Contact person / Personne à contacter:

Mrs. Prapimdao Satake
Director, Child Adoption Center
Ms. Chintana Watcharakul
Director of Central Authority and Intercountry Adoption Group

48 minutes ago, Frogmountain said:

 

Hi Giruz,

I am so sorry to hear about your fertility struggles. 

First, you do not need to live in country in order to adopt. That option is for non-Thai families living in Thailand who want to adopt and are not using a private agency. Those families must continue to live in Thailand for two years after finalization of adoption. This is to prevent child trafficking. 

Many families from the UK and Europe have adopted Thai children using private agencies. Do a little Googling to find out which agencies are working with Thailand. In the U.S., many families adopt through Holt International.

Since your wife is Thai, there may be other options open to you, too. Please reach out to the Child Adoption Agency in Bangkok. 

Extremely curious to hear what you all think about this.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/13/business/corporate-child-abduction.html

www.nytimes.com [SHARED].pdf

Hi! It *is* possible. Search my earlier posts on going to the Child Adoption Center in Dusit to find out more and be assigned a caseworker. Also, join https://www.facebook.com/groups/bambiadoptionsupport/. Finally, thoroughly investigate the requirements for Americans. Last I checked, your child will have to live with you in country for two years after he or she's adopted before they can get U.S. citizenship. Feel free to PM me for more info. Good luck!

Join this Facebook group and ask there. Lots of families who adopted or are in the process: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bambiadoptionsupport/

I love these! Wish I could pop over there and get a few for my daughter.

What you are seeking is known as a named adoption, where potential adoptive parents seek to adopt a child they already know. You will need to contact the DSDW, the Thai agency that handles adoptions. Search my earlier posts for contact info. 

First, there's no chance any adoption anywhere could be done in a few days' or weeks' time. 

Second, U.S. citizenship laws regarding adoption from Thailand are complicated and it will be a challenge to finalize the adoption in the U.S. And neither the Thai nor the U.S. authorities will let your ex travel with a child who's not hers without an awful lot of paperwork.

Your best bet may be to get the parents to surrender their rights and name YOU the guardian/foster parent. Since you live in Thailand, you could pursue the necessary paperwork while caring for the child. 

Hire a nanny, get a bigger place and put the child in preschool. Get your ex to help with expenses. 

Good luck. 

Contact Mark Prado, this is his speciality:

http://www.thailand-adoption-tracing.com/about-us.html

Check here for resources. Be aware that early intervention is key and it will be very hard to get good services in Chiang Mai. It's pretty challenging in Bangkok, too. 

http://www.bangkokcommunityresources.org/mental-health-treatment-options/mental-health-agencies

Contact the DSDW on Rajavithi Road. They are the government agency that handles cases like this. They will likely place the boy in foster care or in a children's home while they try to track down any relatives the child might have who would be willing to take him in. They will also contact the mother and explain to her that if she does not care for him, she should sign away her parental rights and release the child for adoption. Good luck. 

Contact info: 

Child Adoption Center
Department of Social Development and Welfare
255 Ratchawithi Road
Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Phone: 02-354-7500, 02-354-7509, 02-354-9234 ext. 412-419, 
02-306-8834-35
Email: [email protected]

Best thing to do is to contact the DSDW office. Please see my previous post on this topic: 

Not so much a test as a discussion with a psychiatrist. They ask you a few questions and you are supposed to disclose any mental issues you might have.

Dr. Spain at Bumrungrad has done these interviews and is also a nice person. You can try him. https://www.bumrungrad.com/doctors/Spain-Uneanong

It's great that you want to adopt. There are many children in orphanages here waiting to be adopted. First step is to contact the DSDW. They are not great about answering the phones, so a personal visit is best. Go to this building and speak to the receptionist on the second floor. A social worker who speaks English will sit down with you and go over the requirements. She will give you a packet of information to fill out if you want to proceed. 

Here's the office: DSDW office

It's free to adopt in Thailand. 

Do be aware that if you are a resident expat, you will have to remain in country for two years with your child before the U.S. will give your child citizenship. The current waiting time to be matched with a child is at around two years, at least. After that, there is a 6-month trial period where the child lives with you and the DSDW will check in three times to make sure everything's OK. 

So you're looking at a minimum of four years between starting the process and eventually returning to the U.S. with your child, if that's what you want. If you move out of the country while you're waiting for a match, you do keep your place on the waiting list. I'm not sure how it affects the U.S. requirement, though. 

Please join the BAMBI Adoption Facebook group for more info and to keep up on what's going on. Good luck!!

BAMBI Adoption Support

Does anyone know if there's a police station in Nana I could check on the off chance that somebody turns it in?

Who's had any success removing nasty old caulk from around a shower? What tools and caulk dissolvers can I buy here?

Compassionate? Superstitious? Somewhere in between? Anyone had first-hand experience with this?

We are Americans who applied to adopt a child through the DSDW. We recently were matched and took custody of a Thai child, however we didn't realize we were supposed to file the I800a before we took custody of her. Now we are being told we have to remain in country another two years before we can get U.S. citizenship for her. However, we have a job transfer coming up before then. Anyone ever dealt with this situation and gotten around it? Thanks.

Gorgeous on the outside but unfortunately not so much under the hood. Needs new electrical system and gaskets are leaking. Body and interior are near perfect, and insurance and tax paid through June 2016. Let's talk!

Thanks again everyone. Very enlightening to read everyone's stories and opinions. I did call the insurance company and an agent met me at the police station with my property manager to translate. Police seemed sympathetic but they still have my license.

Insurance says we almost certainly won't have to pay and if we did, the maximum would be 2,000 baht.

But they won't fix the car until they complete their "investigation." I don't know what there is to investigate because the motorbike was clearly wrong.

We have class 2 insurance, which was the best we could get because our car is so old.

Thanks for input everyone. To clarify: I was stopped with directional on. Headlights on. I always keep them on for visibility. Line of cars was backed up behind me. Motorbike broadsided my car as I was turning.

They weren't in oncoming traffic. They came up behind me and tried to pass me as I was turning

I was behind the wheel and waiting to make a right turn into my housing development. As I start to make the turn, there's a huge bang, a motorbike flips and two people fly off and go rolling. They tried to pass me on my right while I was making the turn. The bike actually got caught on my front bumper and ripped the whole thing off. The poor woman on the back of the bike had no helmet and was pretty cut up. She may have a broken bone or two. They didn't lose consciousness and I'm praying they were not seriously hurt.

My son was in the car with me -- I had him grab his backpack and head to the house right away. I ran to the people on the street. I couldn't do anything but keep telling them I was sorry and wait for the ambulance with them. I yelled at the driver too, I couldn't help it.

The ambulances came and took them and the police came and took my driver's license.

When I got back from the police station, the motorbike was still parked in front of our compound and on the license plate, it says "THAPISSDRUNX."

Why would you take such a risk with your life? Why?

I'm applying with a Thai organization and am blown away by the personal and totally irrelevant things they want to know.

Not just height and weight. But birth order? Number of siblings? Parents' and children's ages and occupations? My spouse's salary?

This is really just for them to gossip about later, right?