What are Post Adoption Services?
These services which adoptees access connections to their birth and adoption stories, if possible

AdopteeBridge assists adoptees request post adoption services, if they so choose. The availability of the services depends on your Korean adoption agency and on the accuracy and amount of information in your Korean adoption file.  All services are included as a part of Bridge to Korea birthland tours; however, additional fees may be incurred, if additional transportation services are needed, or due to U.S. agency fees.

At AdopteeBridge, we firmly believe adoptees have the choice with whom they place their service request. Our staff provides all options to adoptees for these services--whether it be through the adoptee's U.S. or Korean adoption agency, central authority in Korea, or directly through AdopteeBridge. 

All Bridge to Korea Birthland Tour participants will have the opportunity to visit the individual Korean adoption agency where the adoptee was placed from. Our staff is familiar and has worked with all four Korean adoption agencies

Adoption Agency Visit
Bridge to Korea staff schedule appointments at adoptees' respective Korean adoption agencies so adoptees and their family members can visit the Korean adoption agency that facilitated their adoption. They will meet with staff (directors, post adoption workers, and other staff) and learn more about the history and present-day mission of their adoption agency. Individual services can also be arranged, if so requested. 

File Review I (prior to travel)*
Bridge to Korea staff will assist an adoptee's request to a review of their Korean adoption file (and if necessary, their U.S. adoption file), for any additional information about their birth story, adoption history, medical information, etc. There is no cost for this service as part of the Bridge to Korea tour package. 

File Review II (at Korean adoption agency)*
When travelling with Bridge to Korea's birthland tours, our staff will assist adoptees in an in-person review of their Korean file AT their Korean adoption agency. File Review I proceeds this in-country service. There is no cost for this service as part of the Bridge to Korea tour package. 

Foster Mother Meeting

Bridge to Korea will assist an adoptee to request a meeting with their foster mother through their respective Korean adoption agency. If there is enough information in the adoptee's Korean file, the Korean adoption agency will attempt to contact the foster mother to arrange a meeting during the adoptee's trip to Korea. Some Korean agencies ask the adoptees contact their U.S. agency to request this service. These agencies may charge fees for these services.  
If the meeting occurs outside of Korean adoption agency, additional transportation fees may be incurred

Birth Family Search & Facilitated Meeting**

Using information available from the adoptee's U.S. and Korean adoption files, Bridge to Korea birthland tours will assist an adoptee place a request with their respective Korean adoption agencies OR the central authority in Korea (Korea Adoption Services) to start a search for their birth parents.

A File Review I will take place during this service. If the search results in a meeting, it will be facilitated by a Bridge to Korea staff member. This service is included as a part of Bridge to Korea birthland tours. Additional transportation fees may occur if meeting occurs outside of Korean adoption agency.

Per Korean agency policies:
*There is an age minimum for adoptees requesting these services—please contact AdopteeBridge to discuss these services in more detail.

Facilitated Meeting with Previously Located Birth Family

If an adoptee is already in contact with their birth family, Bridge to Korea is happy to help facilitate a meeting with previously located birth family members. If a search needs to be reinitiated, our staff is also happy to help assist the adoptee through the search process with their Korean agency to find updated contact information with their birth family member.