sec.5Requirement to demonstrate financial capacity for intercountry adoption process

sec.5 Requirement to demonstrate financial capacity for intercountry adoption process

This section applies if the person expresses an interest relating to an intercountry adoption. The person must demonstrate the person has the financial capacity to meet the full cost of completing the adoption process within 3 years after the day the expression of interest is made. For subsection (2) , the full cost of completing the adoption process may include the following— fees as prescribed in schedule 2 ; fees payable in another country to an entity associated with the adoption; fees payable in relation to a child’s migration to Australia; costs related to the translation of documents; costs of having documents notarised and couriered between countries; costs of travel to, and accommodation in, another country to take custody of a child. If the person makes the expression of interest jointly with the person’s spouse, the person and the spouse may demonstrate joint financial capacity for subsection (2) . (sec.5-ssec.1) This section applies if the person expresses an interest relating to an intercountry adoption. (sec.5-ssec.2) The person must demonstrate the person has the financial capacity to meet the full cost of completing the adoption process within 3 years after the day the expression of interest is made. (sec.5-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , the full cost of completing the adoption process may include the following— fees as prescribed in schedule 2 ; fees payable in another country to an entity associated with the adoption; fees payable in relation to a child’s migration to Australia; costs related to the translation of documents; costs of having documents notarised and couriered between countries; costs of travel to, and accommodation in, another country to take custody of a child. (sec.5-ssec.4) If the person makes the expression of interest jointly with the person’s spouse, the person and the spouse may demonstrate joint financial capacity for subsection (2) .

• (a) fees as prescribed in schedule 2 ;
• (b) fees payable in another country to an entity associated with the adoption;
• (c) fees payable in relation to a child’s migration to Australia;
• (d) costs related to the translation of documents;
• (e) costs of having documents notarised and couriered between countries;
• (f) costs of travel to, and accommodation in, another country to take custody of a child.