Special Note: KSS probably LIED to you if they said they did NOT have a copy of your “English Adoptive Child Study Summary”.
Special Note:
KSS probably lied to you if they said they did NOT have a copy of your “English Adoptive Child Study Summary”.
Spoiler Alert:
KSS DID retain a copy of your “English Adoptive Child Study Summary” in your KSS file.
You can now get this document (amongst many others) from NCRC.
Above: Page 1 of the 3 page “English Adoptive Child Study Summary” contained in my own KSS file at NCRC. I obtained my “complete” KSS file from NCRC in Spring 2026.
The number “14” at bottom right is NCRC’s numbering of the copies of the pages in my KSS file.
Clearly KSS kept a copy of this document in KSS Adoptee’s files. But KSS told MANY KSS Adoptees who requested this document that they did NOT have it. KSS probably LIED to save themselves some “labor”.
You can now get your “complete” KSS file containing this and other documents from NCRC. Please see:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE! FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
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I know from assisting hundreds of KSS Adoptees between 2021-2025 in requesting and obtaining their KSS adoption documents directly from KSS, that KSS frequently LIED to Adoptees about something important.
KSS frequently told KSS Adoptees that they did NOT have a copy of the Adoptee’s “English Adoptive Child Study Summary”. However, in my own case, a copy of my “English Adoptive Child Study Summary” WAS INDEED in my KSS file. I had seen this directly in my file at KSS’ now PERMANENTLY CLOSED Post Adoption Services building in 2018, and this document was also included in the copy of my KSS file which I obtained from NCRC in 2026.
ALL former Korean Adoption Agency files — including those of KSS — were transferred to NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do on July 19th, 2025.
So if you previously attempted to request your “English Adoptive Child Study Summary” directly from KSS, and KSS told you that they “did NOT have it”, then you should definitely submit a Petition for Adoption Information Disclosure request to NCRC via the KAS website. This is because KSS DID in fact retain a copy of this document in each KSS Adoptee’s file, and ALL former KSS files were transferred to NCRC’s Temporary Storage Facility in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do on July 19th, 2025.
Please review and carefully read the NCRC section in the FAQs on the page below:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE! FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.
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Other ways of obtaining your English Adoptive Child Study Summary:
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Please note that adoptive parents were provided with a copy of the “English Adoptive Child Study Summary” in the beginning stages of the adoption process. So if you do NOT already have this document, the first place to start is your adoptive parents — if possible.
You can also try contacting your relevant Partner Western Adoption Agency of KSS. While some are closed, others remain open and contactable. Some KSS Adoptees have been able to obtain their English Adoptive Child Study Summary this way.
Also — check to see if this document is already in your possession. Please see examples of the changing styles of the “English Adoptive Child Study Summary” to see if you have a matching document. This is important, as often the copy of this document which was provided to adoptive parents in the early stages of your adoption is often LESS REDACTED than the copies from KSS or NCRC. In SOME Adoptees’ cases, this document MAY contain birth parent information. This just depends on your case.
If you can’t obtain this document in any other way, then try to obtain it from NCRC through a Petition for Adoption Information Disclosure request.
Please review and carefully read the NCRC section in the FAQs on the page below:
ALL ADOPTEES START HERE! FAQ + SITE NAVIGATION.