

	*Bolivia*
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Bolivia is currently CLOSED to adoptions by US citizens. Bolivia ratified the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption in January 2002. Because of this action, Bolivian adoptions have ceased between countries that have not yet implemented the Convention. (The United States is in the process of implementing the Convention.)

May 2004

The following is an excerpt from the State Department's website regarding Bolivian adoptions:

"The Government of Bolivia has informed the American Embassy in La Paz that Bolivia will approve international adoptions only when the prospective adopting parent(s) reside in countries which have become party to the Hague Convention. Prospective parents who are legal residents of Bolivia or American-Bolivian dual nationals may adopt orphans under Bolivian law."

For more information on Bolivian adoptions click here for the Department of State's informational flyer.