RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS: Mexican adoption
procedures include a one to three week pre-adoption trial period during which the child lives with the prospective adoptive
parents in Mexico .
The adoption is not final until this time, and the child cannot leave Mexico
before it is complete. Because of the large amount of paperwork in both the Mexican and U.S. processes, DIF suggests that the adoptive parents be prepared to spend at least three
months in Mexico including the pre-adoption
trial period.