Requirements for ADOPTIVE PARENTS
- Application Form
- Birth Certificate
- Marriage Certificate, Divorce Annulment, Declaration of Nullity of legal separation documents (if any)
- Written Consent to Adoption
- Medical Certificate issued at least 6 months
- Latest Income Tax Return or Certificate of Employment
- National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Clearance or Police Clearance issued at least one year
- Three (3) letters of Character References
- 3×5 inch sized Whole Body Photos of the applicant and, where applicable, his/her family taken within the last three (3) months
- Certificate of Attendance to Adoption Forum
** For Alien applicants
- Certification that the applicant/s have legal capacity to adopt
- Certificate of Residence in the Philippines issued by the Bureau of Immigration or the Department of Foreign Affairs
- Two (2) character references from non-relatives who know the applicant/s in the country of which he/she is a citizen or was a resident prior to residing in the Philippines, except for those who have resided in the Philippines for more than 15 years
- Police Clearance from all places of residence