We had heard about adopting from Taiwan from our new adoption agency and on several online adoption forums. At the time, there wasn't much of a wait for referral (although things changed quickly). While our agency had a Taiwan program, they would not place us on the waiting list until we had our new home study done which we expected to take 3-4 months.
We heard that Commonwealth, an established agency, had just opened a new program for Taiwan. The program was a "foster care" program. In it, babies stay in a children's hospital for 3 months then spend the rest of the time in foster care, which of course we pay for. We would get pictures, video and updates once a month after referral. They would place us on the list immediately. At the time of signing, only several families were in front of us. Currently, there are over 40 prospective families.
So, once again, we changed adoption agencies. We were pre-approved by the Taiwanese agency on December 22, 2006, and Commonwealth had our signed contract and, of course, first check on January 2.
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