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Executive
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Children and Youth Service Division |
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Calçada de St. Agostinho, Nº 19 do C. Com. "Nam Yue", 10º.andar |
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83997703 / 83997744 |
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28355161 / 28330315
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Opening
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Monday
to Thursday |
9:00am to 1:00pm; 2:30pm to 5:45pm |
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Friday |
9:00am to 1:00pm; 2:30pm to 5:30pm |
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Adults who would like
to adopt children and are willing to make
a lifelong commitment
to the adopted children and in accordance with
relative regulations of “Civil Code”. |
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| Local Adoption |
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The applicant is required to make a written
application addressed to the Director of Social
Welfare Bureau and submits: |
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Photocopy of Macao Resident Identity
Card of the applicant and his/her family
members; |
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Document with the correct address (ex:
water or electricity bill of present living
place); |
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Other relevant documents of the application
(For enquiry, please contact Children
and Youth Service Division and also refer to the pamphlet “Legal Regulations Governing Adoption in Macao”.). |
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Social Welfare Bureau will evaluate
adoption application, providing matching and
counselling services, keeping in contact with
relevant departments, submitting report to procuratorate
and court, as well as following-up the adaptation
and present living situation of the adopted
person in the adoptive family.
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The applicant is required to make a written application addressed to the Director of Social Welfare Bureau and submits:
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Photocopy of Macao Resident Identity Card of the applicant and his/her family members;
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Relevant Document indicating Chinese nationality of the applicant (ex: Macao SAR passport, or other personal data that specify Chinese nationality);
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Photocopy of Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao residents (Home-Visiting Certificate for Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, in colloquial term);
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Document with the correct address (ex: water or electricity bill of present living place);
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Other relevant documents of the application (For enquiry, please contact Children and Youth Service Division and also refer to the pamphlet “Child Adoption in China by Macao SAR Resident with Chinese nationality”.).
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Once being studied and confirmed that the applicant is eligible and suitable to adopt, a certificate will be issued by Social Welfare Bureau to serve as a proof of his/her ability to undertake an adoption (The valid period of the certificate is 120 days. If the applicant is of 60 years old within that period, the date of validity will be the day before he/she reaches 60 years of age.) During this period, he/she can go by himself/herself to China to select the child intended to adopt. In addition, he/she needs to submit application and make adoption register in local Department of Civil Affairs where the child’s permanent residence is registered, together with the above-mentioned certificate and relevant documents..
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Free
of charge. |
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Declaration
of Adoption Application: |
It will be issued
within 10 working days on receiving
the letter of notification
from the adoption applicant (Performance
Pledge); |
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Social
Report of Adoption: |
The relevant study
will be concluded within 60 working
days upon emission of
Declaration of Adoption Application. And
the applicant will be informed of the
decision (Performance Pledge). |
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“Education System and Social Protection System about Minors in Judicial Area”
Decree N° 65/99/M <B.O. 43 (I), 25/10/1999> |
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"Civil Code" Decree N° 39/99/M
<B.O. 31 (I), 03/08/1999> |
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| Target Group |
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Foreign citizens who would like to adopt children in Macao |
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| Means of Application |
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The application for child adoption shall be made directly to the Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao SAR, either by the locally authorized department of the country or region of habitual residence of the applicant, or via licensed bodies engaged in this kind of intermediary activities. |
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Documents Required |
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The application shall include documents proving the fulfillment of the following requirements: |
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The consent for the adoption has already been given by the parents of the prospective adoptee and by the prospective adoptee who has attained 12 years old, or its exemption if the relevant requirements for exemption are satisfied according to the stipulations prescribed by the law of Macao; |
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The locally authorized department in accordance to the law of habitual residence of the applicant (the local law) has confirmed that the applicant is a suitable adopter and capable of adopting minors from overseas; |
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The local law should allow sufficient time for the minor and the applicant to live together, in order to decide whether they should establish an adoptive relationship; |
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The adoption will provide actual benefits to the adoptee, is based upon valid reasons, and on the reasonable prediction that the adoptee and the adopter will establish a quasi parent-child relationship; |
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In accordance with the local law, the prospective adoption can produce the same effects as those stipulated by the law of Macao; |
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Other relevant documents of the application (For enquiry, please contact Children and Youth Service Division of the Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, and also refer to the pamphlet “Introduction to the Procedures for Child Adoption in Macao by Foreign Citizens”). |
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| Fees and Charges (or Tax) |
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Free of charge for services provided by the Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao SAR Government. |
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Judicial procedures, processing of documents of the to-be-adopted child, transportation charges, etc., are to be bored by the applicant for adoption. |
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Processing Time |
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Examination of the application for adoption: The Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao SAR Government will examine the application within 10 days and notify the applying body whether the application has been accepted. |
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Observations |
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“If the minor who resides habitually in Macao could be adopted in Macao, adoption by foreign citizen is not permitted.” (Decree N° 65/99/M of 25 October, Clause 162, n° 1). However, special conditions are exceptional. |
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Special conditions include: “If the minor and the applicant for adoption are of the same nationality, or the minor is the child of the spouse of the applicant, or if the minor is the child of the person who has de facto marriage with the applicant, or that the applicant is the guardian of the adoptee” (Decree N° 65/99/M of 25 October, Clause 162, n° 3). |
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After obtaining the authorization for judicial entrustment, the adotee shall be arranged to go abroad to live with the adoptive family for a trial period to decide whether they can establish a satisfactory adoptive relationship. During the trial period, the Social Welfare Bureau of the Macao SAR Government will work together with the authorized department of the place of habitual residence of the applicant to follow up the progress. |
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| Relevant Legislations |
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“Education System and Social Protection System about Minors in Judicial Area”
Decree N° 65/99/M <B.O. 43 (I), 25/10/1999> |
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"Civil Code" Decree N° 39/99/M
<B.O. 31 (I), 03/08/1999> |
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“Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption” stipulated in Hague on 29 May 1993
Notice N° 11/2006 of Chief Executive ＜B.O. 11 (II), 15/03/2006＞ |
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To provide the court with all kinds of
support so that the minors will receive appropriate
trial and obtain adequate protection. |
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In case that the court exercises judicial
authority on minors, Children and Youth Service
Division is also responsible for providing the
court with assistance concerning cases of other
types within the jurisdiction of social protection
system, including exercise and norms of parental
custody and guardianship; behaviour of a child
under 12 that contravenes the law, a minor who
experiences all kinds of crisis in the growth
stage or social in-adaptation, such as cases
of abandoned child, without family and extreme
mal-adaptation to all kinds of disciplines or
social life. |
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The court and the procuratorate will
make referrals of the cases concerned to Children
and Youth Service Division. |
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Social Service Centre in the neighbourhood
where the residence of the applicant is located. |
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Home: Children and youth who cannot enjoy normal
family care due to family problems and need
children and youth residential service subsidized
by Social Welfare Bureau.
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Nursery: Children with family problem that need to be placed in nurseries subsidized by Social Welfare Bureau
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The applicant is required to make an
application at Social Service Centre in his/her
neighbourhood and submits: |
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Photocopy of Macao Resident Identity
Card of the applicant and his/her family
members; |
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Salary declaration of family members; |
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Water or electricity bill of present
living place, rent receipt/documents relating
to housing loan and other expenses; |
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Other relevant documents of the application
(For enquiry, please contact Social Service
Centres). |
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Free
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After referral, all service charges incurred
are to be determined by the institution and
the client. |
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Depending on the application. If
necessary, immediate interview can be arranged. |
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| Overview |
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In accordance with Law No. 2/2007 of MSAR, “Education and Supervision Regime/System of Juvenile Offenders”, it stipulates the respective measures to be taken to educate juveniles who are legally found guilty of committing crimes or slight offences so that they can get integrated into the community in a proper and responsible manner. Besides juridical measures, police caution will be administered by Public Security Police Force too. During the police cautioning, if Public Security Police Force thinks that mere cautioning is not sufficient to serve its purposes, it will then inform Social Welfare Bureau about the relevant case for the Bureau to conduct in-depth assessment of these juvenile offenders, to evaluate if they have the need to participate in the Community Support Programme. From the findings of the assessment, for those juveniles who revealed having this need, Social Welfare Bureau will work together with the Community Youth Work Team to provide them with relevant services.
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| Objectives |
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Community Support Programme is aimed at helping juveniles who had been cautioned by police to correct their misbehaviour, make a new start and reduce their recidivism rate through counselling, education or training.
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At the same time, the programme enables these juveniles to recognize the wrongdoings that they had committed were violations of law. These juveniles will then learn how to maintain self-control, respect others and their belongings, and encounter temptations from peer group.
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| Introduction |
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| Introduction to the Procedures for Child Adoption
in Macao by Foreign Citizens |
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| Legal Regulations Governing Adoption in Macao |
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