DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS 

• Home Study Report
  
• Undertaking of the couple under oath (refer to Application Form)
• Information and Personal Data Application (refer to Application Form)
• Birth Certificate of the couple (if adopting a relative, Birth Certificate of their common ancestry delineating relationship up to the 4th degree of consanguinity)
• Marriage Contract
• Divorce Decree (if applicable)
• Physical and Medical Evaluation Report
• Psychological Evaluation Report (by a duly licensed phychologist or psychiatrist)
• Written Consent to Adoption by the biological and/or adopted children who are 10 years old and above witnessed by the social worker after proper counseling, in the form of a sworn statement
• Character Reference from the following who have all known the applicants for at least 5 years a) Church Minister or Priest, b) Employer, and c) Member of the community
• Latest Income Tax Return or any other documents showing financial capability of the applicants
• Clearance issued by the police or the proper government agency of the place where the applicants reside
• Certification from the Justice Department or other appropriate government agency of the applicant's country that the applicant is qualified to adopt under their national law and that the child to be adopted is allowed to enter the country for trial custody and to reside there permanently once adopted
• Letter of Acceptance of the Designated Guardian/s
• Recent post card size pictures of the applicant, his immediate family members and their home/community
• Special Needs Checklist (refer to Application Form)
• Self-Report Questionnaire (optional)
• Adoption Decree of the PAPs' previously  adopted Filipino child