The procedures required to adopt a child are as follows:
1. The adopter shall submit an application for adoption and the following documents and supporting materials to the adoption registration authority:
(1) the adopter's household registration book and identity card;
(2) A certificate issued by the adopter's unit or village (neighborhood) committee on his marital status, whether he has children, and whether he has the ability to raise and educate the adoptee;
(3) a medical certificate issued by a medical institution at or above the county level that he has not suffered from a disease that is medically considered unsuitable for adopting a child.
2. If the adoptive parents cannot be found for abandoned babies or children, the birth certificate of the adopter issued by the family planning department of the adopter's habitual residence shall be submitted; Among them, if the abandoned baby or children raised by non-social welfare institutions cannot be found, the adopter shall also submit the following supporting materials:
(1) A certificate issued by the family planning department of the adopter's habitual residence that the adopter has no children;
(2) The report certificate of picking up abandoned children issued by the public security organ. If you adopt a stepchild, you can only submit the household registration book, identity card and proof that the adopter is married to the adoptive father or adoptive mother.
3. The person placing out the child for adoption shall submit the following documents and supporting materials to the adoption registration authority:
(1) The household registration book and ID card of the person placing out the child for adoption (if the organization is the guardian, the identity certificate of the person in charge shall be submitted);
(2) If the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that adoption should be approved by other persons with maintenance obligations, the written opinions of other persons with maintenance obligations shall be submitted. If the social welfare institution is the adopter, it shall also submit the original records of abandoned babies and children entering the social welfare institution, the certificate issued by the public security organ to pick up abandoned babies and children and report the case, or the certificate that the orphan's biological parents are dead or declared dead.
4. Adoption registration adopts a hierarchical registration system, involving mainland citizens and mainland citizens, and shall be handled by the county-level civil affairs department where the children's household registration is located; Adoption registration involving Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, overseas Chinese and mainland citizens shall be handled by the civil affairs departments of prefecture-level cities (states); Foreign adoption registration shall be handled by the civil affairs department of a province (city, autonomous region) or prefecture-level city (state) designated by the people's government of the province (city, autonomous region).
5. The parties to the adoption relationship shall personally go to the adoption registration authority to register the establishment of the adoption relationship. At the same time, you need to bring one-inch positive photos of adopters (men and women) and recipients, and two-inch family photos of adopters and adoptees.
Legal basis:
Article 105 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Adoption shall be registered with the civil affairs department of the people's government at or above the county level. The adoption relationship shall be established from the date of registration.
If the adoption of a minor whose biological parents cannot be found, the civil affairs department that handles the registration shall make an announcement before registration.
If the parties to the adoption relationship are willing to sign an adoption agreement, they may sign an adoption agreement.
If the parties or one of the parties to the adoption relationship requests notarization of adoption, they shall do so.
The civil affairs departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall conduct adoption assessment according to law.