Hi Sarah, thank you for asking. Was your mother adopted through Holt International? If so, we could help you try to track down her birth and family records – it depends on how much information her family left with her when she entered the orphanage. For more specific information, please email our Post Adoption Services Department at pas@holtinternational.org, they are the birth search experts over there and will be able to help you as much as they can.

Hi Deborah, you can make an official inquiry into your birth records! That’s something you will have to initiate with our Post Adoption Services (PAS) department. You can learn more about a birth search here: https://www.holtinternational.org/post-adoption/birth-search/ You can also email our PAS team at pas@holtinternational.org! They will be thrilled to assist you.

Hi Debbie, keep an eye on your email and our social media pages! We announce each year’s scholarship contest several times in both places. Here is the adoptee scholarship page, to check on: https://www.holtinternational.org/post-adoption/adoptee-scholarship/ I believe that we plan to announce next year’s prompt in January or February, and submissions are usually due by June.

Hi John, they were paused for a few years due to COVID, but we aim to do them every year! There’s one coming up in 2024, there’s more information about it on this page: https://www.holtinternational.org/korea-heritage-tours/ .