What's In A Dossier

dos·si·er/ˈdôsēˌā/

Noun:	A collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject: "we have a dossier on him"; "a dossier of complaints".
Synonyms:	file - record - folder

What will you need to have in your Dossier?

1. 3 PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS OF A RECENT DATE 

(HUSBAND AND WIFE IF APPLICABLE) 

2. ONE PHOTOCOPY OF EACH PARENTS’ PASSPORT

3. A PERSONAL “REQUEST FOR ADOPTION” 

LETTER

4. POWER OF ATTORNEY

5. ADOPTIVE PARENTS’ BIRTH CERTIFICATE 

 

(2 CERTIFIED COPIES)

6. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE (2 CERTIFIED COPIES)

7. DETAILED MEDICAL EXAM AND HEALTH 

CLEARANCE LETTER FOR ADOPTIVE PARENTS

AND ALL CHILDREN IN THE HOME

8. PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION BY LICENSED 

PSYCHOLOGIST FOR EACH PARENT

9. EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATION LETTER FOR EACH 

PARENT WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME 

10. BANK LETTER OR STATEMENTS

11. ACCOUNTANT LETTER (IF YOU HAVE ONE) OR 

TAX RETURNS IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN

ACCOUNTANT

12. INTERNATIONAL HOME STUDY COMPLETED 

ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF

YOUR STATE

13. POLICE CLEARANCE FROM COUNTY POLICE 

OFFICE

14. 2 LETTERS OF REFERENCE

15. TRANSLATION ATTESTATION

A few notes:

• If you have NOT been married at least ten years, 

but have been in a committed relationship for ten 

years, you can consider submitting a 10 year co-

habitation letter.

• If you have ever been divorced, you will also 

need to submit an original copy of your divorce 

certificate.

• If you have ever lost a spouse, you will need to 

submit an original death certificate.

Almost every document listed above needs to be 

notarized (the exceptions are the original birth 

certificates and marriage licenses which will be issued 

by an official officer, so do not need to be notarize). 

Once you obtain an original notarized document, you 

will take each document through the following steps:

1. State Authentication

(commonly referred to as obtaining an Apostille)

2. Translation into French

3. Legalization at a Haitian Consulate