Welcome Home! Obtain a Social Security Card for your child Application for a Social Security Card (SS-5)   Get a California Birth Certificate for your Child If you choose to re-adopt your child in San Diego to get a California Birth Certificate, here's some information: Adoptions Overview for the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego. Maps to the San Diego Juvenile Court - Juvenile Central and North County. California Court Forms for re-adoption: Information on Adoption Forms ADOPT-200: Adoption Request [Non-fillable Form] [Fillable Form] ADOPT-210: Adoption Agreement [Non-fillable Form] [Fillable Form] ADOPT-215: Adoption Order [Non-fillable Form] [Fillable Form] ADOPT-230: Adoption Expenses [Non-fillable Form] [Fillable Form] Information on Fillable Forms   Get Proof of Citizenship for your Child Citizenship Certificate INS Fact Sheet: Child Citizenship Act - How to Get a Certificate of Citizenship for Your Child Passport Passport Services and Information Form DS-0011 Requirements (See Question #4) Where to Apply More information: INS Backgrounder: Child Citizenship Act - Information for Adoptive Parents US Dept. of State: Child Citizenship Act of 2000 Holt's Child Citizenship Act website (includes pdf's of articles from national publications)   Would you like a Tax Credit? Tax Topic 608, Adoption Tax Credit - IRS Pub. 968, Tax Benefits for Adoption Form 8839, Qualified Adoption Expenses Instructions for Form 8839, Qualified Adoption Expenses (PDF Format) Instructions for Form 8839: Qualified Adoption Expenses Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number (ATIN) (Not necessary if you have the child's SSN)   Please do not forget your Post-placement visits! Please be sure to perform the required Post-Placement Reports. These reports are required by the CCAA and are due (1) within the first six months that the child is home and (2) within the second six months that the child is home. Failure to submit these reports to the CCAA may prevent your adoption agency from facilitating future adoptions in China. For more information about these reports and their importance, please contact your adoption agency. Information about the Post-Placement Reports (Families with Children from China) Information about the Post-Placement Reports (American Embassy in China)   Create a Lifebook for your Child FCC/NE Lifebook Project Miracle of Adoption News (look in the Messages area for several newletters with Lifebook information) Adoption Lifebooks (Beth O'Malley's site) Chinese Symbol Database   Interested in a Culture Camp? Chinese Culture Camps   For More information FCC Information for Parents after Travelling to China "Raising Healthy Multiracial Adoptive Families" Family Culture Back to "Adopting from China" Last modified 12 June 2006 Send a comment to our webmaster... Families with Children from China - San Diego http://www.sandiegochinese.net/fcc/