Checklist for Application of Dependant`s Pass
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Checklist for Application of Dependant`s Pass
CHECKLIST APPLICATION FOR A DEPENDANT'S PASS TO ADOPT A FOREIGN CHILD Dear Applicant/s Please note that you are required to bring the Original copies of documents for verification. Otherwise please submit Certified True Copies. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Your application will take about two weeks to be processed from the date of submission of all required documents. Please provide an official translation if any of the above documents is not written in English. Please submit the following documents to: ADOPTION SERVICE 512 Thomson Road, #10-00 MSF Building, Singapore 298136 Tel: 6355 6388 Fax: 6258 4823 Website: www.adoption.gov.sg I FORMS 1 copy of duly completed and signed Form 12A This checklist II DOCUMENTS (PHOTOCOPIES) TO BE PRODUCED BY PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT(S) For Singapore Citizens and Singapore Permanent Residents – Identity Cards For Foreign Citizens – Passport and Employment Pass / Dependant Pass which appears as a stamp in the passport Letter(s) of employment stating date of commencement, designation and salary per month (please submit latest pay slip if the letter of employment was issued more than 1 month ago) or copy of Business Registration Certificate, if self-employed CPF statement(s) showing monthly CPF contribution for the last 12 months Income Tax Notice of Assessment for the last 3 years A copy of the Home Study Report For foreign prospective adopters - Letter stating the intended citizenship of the foreign child or an approved Letter of Assurance from the Embassy/High Commission on Entry Visa for the child into the country of the prospective adoptive parent(s) An itemized breakdown of the cost incurred with proof of receipts and statutory declarations if you have made payment to any person or agency for the transfer of the child either directly or indirectly. Eg. Receipts from law firm, hospitals, or individuals (with details such as NRIC, Name, contact details etc) whose services you paid for directly or indirectly. Page 1 of 2 Updated as at 5 May 2015 III DOCUMENTS (PHOTOCOPIES) TO BE PRODUCED FOR THE FOREIGN CHILD A copy of child’s Birth Certificate with a separate note indicating where the child was obtained i.e. through commercial agencies (to state agency’s name) or otherwise A copy of the child’s Student Pass or Long Term Pass (If any) A copy of the child’s passport (all pages of the passport required) The consent for adoption from the child’s biological parents, stating the full particulars of the child’s biological parents and the prospective adoptive parent(s). If either of the biological parents is under 21 years old, his/her parents’ written consent must also be obtained. If the identity of one of the biological parents is unknown, the known biological parent must provide an affidavit stating that he or she is not aware of the identity or whereabouts of the other parent and to give brief reasons why. The consent of all relevant persons must be given in the Court’s prescribed format and be signed before a commissioner for oaths/notary public. One recent passport-sized colour photograph of child. Please write child’s name at the back of the photograph and do not staple the photograph. The photograph must be: o 35 mm wide by 45 mm high without border and taken within the last three months; o taken full face without headgear, unless the applicant habitually wears a headgear in accordance with religious or racial customs. The headgear must not hide the applicant’s facial features; and o the facial image must be 25 mm and 35 mm from chin to crown IV CONTACT INFORMATION To facilitate correspondence, please provide us with the following information: Name of applicant : _________________________________ Contact Number : _________________________________ (Hp) _________________________________ (Home) Email address : _________________________________ Page 2 of 2 Updated as at 5 May 2015