Australia:

Emergency number: 000

Central Authority

COMMONWEALTH
Department of Social Services
GPO Box 9820
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Tel.: +61 2 6146 0001
Email: icaprograms@dss.gov.au
Web: www.dss.gov.au/intercountryadoption

NEW SOUTH WALES
Adoption and Permanency Services
Open Adoption Records Access
Department of Communities and Justice Locked Bag 5000
PARRAMATTA NSW 2124
AUSTRALIA
Tel.: +61 2 9716 3003
Email: intercountryadoption@facs.nsw.gov.au
Web: www.facs.nsw.gov.au

VICTORIA
Adoption Victoria
Courts, Civil and Criminal Law
Department of Justice and Community Safety
PO BOX 588
Collins St West
MELBOURNE VIC 3003
Fax: +61 3 8608 5760
Email: adoptionsvic@justice.vic.gov.au
Web: https://www.justice.vic.gov.au/adopt-a-child-from-overseas-0

QUEENSLAND
Adoption and Permanent Care Services
Department of Child Safety, Seniors and Disability Services
Locked Bag 3405
BRISBANE QLD 4001
Australia
Tel: +61 7 3097 5100 / 1800 647 983
Fax: +61 7 3097 5101
Email: ads@cyjma.qld.gov.au
Web:  www.dcssds.qld.gov.au

WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Adoption Services
Department of Communities
Locked Bag 5000
FREMANTLE, WA 6160
Australia
Tel.: 1800 182 178
Fax: +61 8 9385 1920
E-mail: adoptions@communities.wa.gov.au
Web: www.dcp.wa.gov.au/FosteringandAdoption/AdoptionAndHomeForLife/Pages/AdoptionAndPermanentCare.aspx

SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Adoption Services
Department for Child Protection
GPO Box 1072
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Australia
Tel.:  1800 512 355
Email: adoptions@sa.gov.au
Internet: www.childprotection.sa.gov.au/adoption

TASMANIA
Adoption and Permanency Services
Department for Education, Children and Young People
GPO Box 538
HOBART  TAS  7001
Australia
Tel.: +61 3 6166 0422
E-mail: adoption.service@decyp.tas.gov.au
Web: https://www.decyp.tas.gov.au/children/adoptions-and-permanency-services/

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Assessment and Support Unit – Adoptions Team
Child and Youth Protection Services
GPO Box 158
CANBERRA  ACT  2601
Australia
Tel.: +61 2 6207 1069 Fax: +61 2 6207 1020
Email: adoptions@act.gov.au
Web: https://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/ocyfs/children/adoptions/adopting-a-child-from-overseas

NORTHERN TERRITORY
Adoption Unit
Department of Territory Families, Housing and Communities
PO Box 37037
WINNELLIE NT 0820
Australia
Tel.: +61 (8) 8922 5519
Email: TFHC.Adoptions@nt.gov.au
Web: www.nt.gov.au/community/child-protection-and-care/adoption

• Europe:

Disappearing Children – 116,000 (child protection center – Disappearing Children) Telephone reception and information service for families of missing or abducted children

By telephone: 116 000 (free)

Accessible 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

European number operational from 28 countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal , Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland.

By courier:

Access to the contact form: https://www.116000enfantsdisparus.fr/nous-contacter.html European number: 112

• Poland:

Central Authority:

Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości / Ministry of Justice

Departament Spraw Rodzinnych i Nieletnich / Department of Family and Juvenile Matters Wydział Międzynarodowych Postępowań Rodzinnych / Division of International Proceedings in Family Matters

Al.Ujazdowskie 11

00-950 WARSZAWA

P.O. Box 33

Telephone: +48 (22) 23 90 470

Fax: +48 (22) 879 03 21

Email: Polandchildabduction@ms.gov.pl

ITAKA – Center for Missing Persons:

skr. poczt. 127

00-958

WARSZAWA 66

Telephone: +48 (0)22 654 70 70; +48 (0)801 24 70 70

Fax: +48 (0)22 654 79 73

Email: itaka@itaka.org.pl

Website: http://www.zaginieni.pl

There is a specialized department for child abductions.

• UK

Emergency number: 999 or 112

Ministry of Justice

Address: 102 Petty France, London SW1H 9AJ, Wielka Brytania

Telephone: +44 20 3334 3555

London Police Service

Address: 601 Dundas Street London ON N6B 1X1
Telephone: +44 519-661-5670

• USA

Emergency number: 911

U.S. Department of Justice

Address: U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Telephone: 202-353-1555

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 

Website: https://www.missingkids.org/HOME

Telephone: 1-800-843-5678

• Canada:

Police and emergency: 911

Consular Unit for Vulnerable Children, Consular Services Global Affairs Canada

125 Sussex Drive

Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2

Toll-free phone number from Canada: 1-800-387-3124

International collect phone number: +1-613-996-8885 Fax: 613-944-1078

Passport Canada at 1-800-567-6868 (toll-free in Canada and the United States) or visit Canadian Passports for more information.

For the federal government

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada represented by:

Legal Services Unit (JUS)

Global Affairs Canada

125 Sussex Drive, Tower C, 6th Floor / 125 Promenade Sussex, Tour C, 6th floor OTTAWA, Ontario K1A 0G2

Telephone: +1 (343) 203 1781

Fax: +1 (613) 944 0722

Contact person:

Veronique Gervais

Counsel and Federal Representative for the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

tel.: +1 (343) 203 1781

email: veronique.gervais@international.gc.ca

Elzbieta Bansleben – Legal Practice/Services

Armii Krajowej 116/18, 81-844 Sopot, Poland

Telephone: + 48 58 717 51 08

Mobile phone: +48 667 487 7

Email: kancelaria@adwokaci-sopot.pl

Website: https://bansleben.pl/en/

The Firm/Practice undertakes to assist families facing the illicit transfer of the child/children abroad by one of the parents as well as the implementation and enforcement of international visitation rights.

Elzbieta Bansleben has over 20 years’ experience in the field and has gained a proven track record in representing clients – both Polish and citizens of signatory states to the Hague Convention –  in collaborating with international legal specialists working within the framework of the above named Convention