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How do I get a home study for adoption in Korea?

I've contacted 18 agencies . . . all the agencies at my home of record in the states. I am in the military in Korea. I will probably not return to my home of record in the states for another decade or so. The family center and community services center both say that they no longer have social workers who can do home studies in Korea. As of 2006, Korean law requires that US citizens use a US based agency to adopt, that I cannot adopt through a Korean service over here. How can I find a social worker who can do a home study?

Public Comments

1. Call the US embassy and ask them?
2. I think that the best answer is that this makes the most sense if you are Korean and either just want more children or are unable to conceive. If you just want to do this because you think that adopting "minority" babies from overseas is cool because celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Madonna do it, then perhaps pursuing this deserves some rethinking.
3. my dad was stationed in Korea for a year... although we never discussed this particular thing? military (the way I was raised) takes care of their own...! it is how I was raised, what I know... my father CO was who he would talk about as who he went to for answers or things that needed doing... and if he had no answers?(which was usually the case ;) he would be able to point my father in the right direction..... your base resources "should" be able to assist better even than the embassay.... good luck