Hi,
we do not have a vocation to give legal advice, but from what we gathered, you are mostly right.
According to http://irishmexicangroup.com/FAQ.html, the “Court work and return home” takes 3 to 6 months.
Therefore it seems that if you intend to stay with the kid between the time you are matched and the time you go home together, it will take 3 to 6 months. Some mediation agencies may require you to stay, others may arrange for child care.
The minimum is 16 days, the time to get the visa to Ireland arranged once the court have granted custody.
It seems the Irish Mexican Group has more info on the lenght of time in Mexico… but tey keep that information for members only… alongside the sensitive information about costs.

In the case of Uruguay, you have to legally stay 6 months.
For Mexico… we cannot call it for you I fear.

According to http://www.adoptall.org/index.php?s=41&cat=1, there are two cases:
- normal case: you will go to Mexico up to 4 times, for a total of about 8 weeks;
- cases where you stay from the birth of the child, for instance because some mediation agencies create a link between mothers (who are provided education and health services during pregancy) and adoptive families.

I hope that helps

Hi, myself and my wife are hoping to adopt from Mexico but we cant find out if we need to stay there for 6 months as we have been led to believe, please could you verify this for us, thank you
Maurice

Should the book is better bounded or free paper or in a binder?

How can we trust them now?
We cannot trust the Church, we cannot trust the State. Who can we trust?

If only I had asked myself these questions before I was rejected!
And for something silly: inheritance is not considered revenue apparently!

Reply from query to find out about the South-African situation:
Greetings

Thank you for your enquiry.

South Africa does not have an adoption working agreement with Ireland. The process of entering into new working agreement with other foreign countries might be finalized after six months or so. You are most welcome to contact us again to enquire about the progress made.

Kind regards

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Central Authority: Inter-country adoption
Department of Social Development
Tel. 012-312 [removed]
Fax. 012-323 [removed]
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