File the I600 or I600A form with the Immigration and Naturalization Office.

Locate a lawyer from the country you wish to adopt. 

After locating the Lawyer make sure that both of you understand what it is you are looking to accomplish and at this time get the fees in writing, even thou it is an estimate.

After locating a lawyer you will need to locate an agency that does a homestudy.  You may want to contact several agencies just to get an idea of what duties each performs as well as the fees that they charge.  Of course if you are going through and agency to adopt, this is already included in the package that they will send to you.

Fill out the forms and submit the initial homestudy application to the agency.

They in turn will send you a packet with all sorts of information such as:

	Police Clearance
	Child Protection Clearance
	and much more.

At the same time that you have just received your homestudy packet, you will also get a follow-up call from the agency to let you know that you have been assigned a social worker to answer your questions and to also perform the homestudy interview.

The Social Worker will contact you and make a schedule time for your first meeting.

	All meetings should be convenient and comfortable for you and your social worker.
	Make arrangements to meet: Home Place of Business  Someplace where both of you can talk

There should be a total of three visits (interviews) in which the social worker will gather information about your life, finances and an overall sense of what your childhood was like and your potential parenting skills.