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Criteria and procedure for authorisation of foreign agencies. - (1) A foreign adoption agency desirous of sponsoring applications of foreign adoptive parents for adopting an Indian child shall make an application to Central Adoption Resource Authority along with the recommendation of the Central Authority or concerned Government department of that country, through the Indian diplomatic mission. (2) The application shall be accompanied by the following documents, namely. - (a) memorandum or bye-laws, copies of registration status, latest license issued by the concerned government department to undertake international adoptions, list of board or executive members, list of countries it is working with, accreditation certificate and its annual reports or financial statements for last two years; (b) an undertaking signed by the head or chief executive of the organisation stating that the agency would abide by the provisions of these guidelines; (c) an undertaking by the agency that in case of disruption or repatriation of the adopted children, it shall abide by the specific provisions laid down in these guidelines; (d) an undertaking by the agency to send an annual report to Central Adoption Resource Authority in the month of April every year on the status of children placed in adoption from India; (e) copy of adoption law or adoption guidelines or adoption rules of their country; (f) a list of staff of the agency recommendation/authorisation from the central authority or competent authority to work with India; (g) recommendation letter from Indian diplomatic mission abroad and the Central Authority or Government department of the receiving country. (3) The authorisation to foreign adoption agency shall be subject to renewal for a period of five years by Central Adoption Resource Authority, on the receipt of an application for the same from such authorised foreign adoption agency through the concerned Indian diplomatic mission along with the recommendation for the same by the Central Authority or Government department and such application shall be accompanied by.- (a) a list of children placed in adoption through such authorised foreign adoption agency along with their citizen status; and (b) disruption, if any. (4) In case an authorised foreign adoption agency requires to appoint a representative in India for facilitating its adoption cases, it shall seek the prior approval of Central Adoption Resource Authority.