ORIGIN COUNTRIES
Country-by-country intercountry adoption guidance
Five pilot dossiers: each separates documented country rules from live availability, which must be confirmed with an authorised organisation before any mandate.
India
Central authority: Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)
Read the guide ↗COUNTRY PROFILEBurkina Faso
Central authority: DAPPPN — Direction des adoptions, du parrainage et de la protection des pupilles de la nation
Read the guide ↗COUNTRY PROFILEColombia
Central authority: Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF)
Read the guide ↗COUNTRY PROFILEBrasile
Central authority: Autoridade Central Administrativa Federal para Adoção e Subtração Internacional de Crianças e Adolescentes (ACAF)
Read the guide ↗COUNTRY PROFILEPerù
Central authority: Dirección de Adopciones, Ministerio de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables (MIMP)
Read the guide ↗What this list does not mean
This is not a list of currently open programmes, and it is not a ranking by ease or wait time. Information is derived from CAI country sheets reviewed on 2 November 2026 and awaits independent legal review.