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Zambia


Love Basket’s Adoption Program in Zambia

Item

Fee Amount

When Due
Application Packets I ($95) and II ($445)

$540

To Love Basket with Applications
Love Basket Stateside Processing Fee

$1,500

To Love Basket with dossier
Overseas Processing Fee: 3 years of age or less

                                       4 years of age or more

$3,700

$2,700

To Love Basket upon acceptance of a child referral
ESTIMATED TOTAL ADOPTION FEES

$4,740-$5,740

 
If adopting second child: (Does not include travel/in-country expenses)

$500

$1,500

Stateside Processing

Overseas Processing

Childs Medical Exam in Ethiopia

$100

Paid to Love Basket for Escort
Child's U.S. Entry Visa

$380

Paid to Love Basket for Escort
Travel/Escort Fees (when LB arranges escorting)

$500 escort fee

$1,600 & up airfare/person

Paid to Love Basket

Paid to travel agency/ticket provider

Travel costs when parents escort: Lodging

Airfare (2 adults round-trip, 1 child 1-way)

$420-$2,100 & up

$4,000-$5,000

Depends on accommodations chosen, $30-$150/night x 14 nights

Estimated travel Costs

ADDITIONAL LOVE BASKET SERVICES:    
Love Basket Home Study* (Fee includes 100 mile round trip.  Add'l mileage charged at $.445/mile)

$1,250

At final Home Study visit (MN home study fee is $1,750)
Love Basket Home Study Review Fee (When home study is completed by another agency)

$125

To Love Basket with application
Love Basket Update Application

$195

To Love Basket with application
Love Basket Home Study Update

$600

At home visit
Love Basket Post-Placement Home Visit

$300 plus travel

Per home visit
Court appearances- if required in connection with re-adoption (Missouri and Minnesota only)

$100 + travel expenses (per appearance)

To Love Basket with final Post Placement Fee

 

What is not included in the above costs?
Fees not a part of the Placement Fee include, but are not limited to the following: Adoptive Parent's passport(s); medical exams and lab tests; Immigration and Naturalization (USCIS) fees prior to and following adoptive placement; notary; state level certifications for foreign court documents; postage/courier fees; attorney fees in your state of residence to re-adopt your child and obtain a U.S. birth certificate and automatic citizenship; etc.

Fees revised 3/13/07.  Please note that fees may change without prior notification.

 

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