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Adopting in Malaysia

Adoption is not common in Malaysia and can take from six months to two years or more to complete.  The Malaysian states may have different adoption procedures.  There are also restrictions on the adoption of Muslim children.  See http://adoption.state.gov/country/malaysia.html for further information.

Information on intercountry adoptions in general can be found at http://adoption.state.gov/.