BC Adoption Agency and Pregnancy Counselling
Sunrise is a licensed non-profit adoption agency. Our head office is in North Vancouver, British Columbia. We provide adoption counselling and pregnancy counselling services to birth parents and adoptive parents in the Greater Vancouver area and throughout BC.
Whether you are thinking about placing your child for adoption in British Columbia or want more information on how to adopt a child from overseas through one of our international adoption programs, our team of experienced professionals can assist you through the adoption process.
Read more about adoption agencies in British Columbia.
Spotlight on Adoption
A collection of essays on current adoption topics by the Executive Director of Sunrise.
Fall '11
Important Information For All Canadians Who Have Adopted A Child From The USA
All children born in the USA and adopted by Canadians over the past number of years (of which there are several hundred) are US citizens. This, of course, brings a number of rights and responsibilities. For example, they would be subject to a military draft.
The USA is the only country in the world that requires its citizens to report on their world-wide income, file a tax return, and pay US taxes, no matter where they live and irrespective of what other citizenship they hold.
Now the USA has introduced a new and complicated law, which will affect every US adopted child in Canada. The name of the legislation is "The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act" (FATCA).