Adoptive Parents in Alberta are responsible for the cost of:

- Parent Training and Home Study Report
- Preparation of supporting documents and notarization, authentication and verification of signatures
- Translation
- Courier fees
- Immigration fees
- Child’s medical examination
- Agency fees in child’s country of origin
- Travel and accommodations
- Adoption finalization
- Legal fees
- Post Placement Reports on a schedule prescribed by the child’s country of origin

Alberta Government - In a government international adoption, Alberta Adoption Services is responsible for:

- Providing information/procedures for adopting from specific countries
- Reviewing Home Study Reports completed by licensed agencies and determining that the applicants are suitable for adoption
- Forwarding the adoption dossier to the child’s country of origin
- Agreeing to the adoptive match
- Delegating the proposal of the adoptive match to the family’s licensed adoption agency
- Ensuring the child meets immigration requirements and will be admissible to Canada
- Providing provincial acceptance of the match for immigration purposes
- Finalizing the adoption order in Alberta, if the order cannot be finalized in the child’s country
- Forwarding Post Placement Reports to the child’s country of origin, as required