Lately, our lawyers have been asked a question from a client who would like to adopt a Mongolian child. The process of adopting a Mongolian child by foreign nationals is a quite intricate and it involves multiple steps.
A citizen shall file an application for adopting a child of Mongolian nationality to the appropriate body in Mongolia through their home country’s competent authority. The adoption application from foreign country shall be submitted directly to the governmental central administrative body in charge of population matter of Mongolia.
A child adopter shall meet following requirements:
- A child of Mongolian nationality shall be adopted by a family living together for less than 5 years, or a foreign single woman.
- A foreign citizen below the age of 60.
- A person whose rights of parenthood isn’t restricted or excluded.
- A person who has a full civil capability
- A person without tuberculosis, AIDS, mental disease or alcohol and drug dependency
- A person with no criminal history.
The applicant must submit a report with required documents. A report should contain information on their personal characteristics, suitability of the adoption, educational status, family background, health information, history of their income and social status. Also, the reason for adoption should be described. After review and approval of the adoption application, the authority in charge of population matter of Mongolia will select a probable adoptive child and provide child’s information to the applicant. If the prospective parents will make decision on adoptive child, the Immigration Agency of Mongolia will review and examine the application and other relevant documents, and will make a decision on the child adoption.
During the process, our law firm may assist them by providing legal support to liaise with government authorities to help in responding to the official’s concerns or questions. We may also be able to assist in identifying the appropriate organization in their home country to initiate the process.