Who needs to be accredited and who needs to be approved under the Hague Adoption Convention (Convention)?
Agencies or persons who seek to offer adoption services (defined below) in an intercountry adoption involving a Convention country (also defined below) generally must be either accredited, temporarily accredited, approved, or working under the supervision of an accredited agency, temporarily accredited agency, or approved person; limited exceptions to this requirement are detailed in the accreditation regulations and discussed to some extent below. This general rule applies regardless of whether the adoption involves a child moving from a Convention country to the United States (incoming) or moving from the United States to another Convention country (outgoing).
