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Documents and other Evidences to Support Authorization

To apply for authorizations from the MoSVY to operate Inter-country Adoption in the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Inter-country Adoption Agency shall provide the following dossiers: An application of the ICA agency with the signature of the chief of the agency and 5,000 Riels (Five thousand Riels) stamp in tax. Copy of the letter of accreditation… Read More »

Agency Criteria

In order to get authorization to operate in an inter-country adoption from the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY), Inter-country Adoption Agency shall have the following criteria: Has official accreditation from the competent authority of the receiving country. Has authorization from the Central Authority or the competent authority of the receiving country… Read More »

Contract between ICAA and Agency

After the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) approved on the agency application, the agency shall enter into a contract on inter-country adoption cooperation with the Inter-Country Adoption Administration of MoSVY. The Ministry will issue a Prakas to authorize and license to agency, that the Prakas shall state the obligations and permitted… Read More »

Bilateral agreement between both countries

Bilateral agreement between both countries : Only agencies accredited by the receiving countries and authorised by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation (MoSVY) and competent authority of the receiving country, in accordance with the law on inter-country adoption, shall be entitled to operate inter-country adoption in the Kingdom of Cambodia. The number… Read More »

Inter-country Adoption Fees

Based on Prakas 448 dated 10 April, 2013 Joint Prakas on the Determination of Expenses, Fees and Contributions on Inter-country Adoption, the total of $5,000 US Dollars which is a humanitarian contribution has been determined to be paid by the adopter for one child. The contribution is reserved to support various options of alternative care for… Read More »

Adopter Application Requirements

Adopter Application Requirements(Adopters must contact directly to agency) The following documentation will be required as part of the application for all adopters. The adopter should follow the guidance from the Inter Country Adoption Agency in the receiving country on the documentation that meets these requirements. (For countries that do not have agencies, follow the guidance… Read More »

Who Can Adopt

Adoption Condition : Adopters are required to be a married couple 30 years of age and above, at least 22 years older than the adopted child, but must not be more than 45 years older than the child at the date of submission of the application for adoption. In case the adopters do not meet… Read More »

General adoption Principle

Inter-country Adoption has been implemented since 1987 up to the present. Cambodia has found permanent loving families for thousands of abandoned or orphaned children. These children are protected through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the laws of the receiving country. Based on general principles of Inter-country Adoption (ICA), a child… Read More »