Given recent events in Ukraine, many parents are understandably concerned about the status of their adoptions from children in the Crimea region of the country. According to Ambassador Susan Jacobs, the United States Embassy in Kiev is working directly with a number of parents whose adoptions have been affected by this volatile situation. The Embassy is also working directly with the Ukrainian government to …
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Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption
Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption On September 2, 2011, the Council on Accreditation made the decision to temporarily suspend Saint Mary’s International Adoption for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. Saint Mary’s International Adoption is a Hague accredited adoption service provider; however, they are authorized to operate in …
DOS Adoption Alert: Ukraine- SDA resumes processing adoptions in Ukraine
DOS Adoption Alert: Ukraine- SDA resumes processing adoptions in Ukraine On July 14, 2011, the presidential order which extends the State Department on Adoption’s (SDA’s) authority to process adoptions was published in Ukraine. We have been informed by the SDA that they have resumed processing adoption applications. As described in a previous alert, the SDA will have the authority to …
DOS Adoption Alert Ukraine: Presidential order expected to allow SDA to continue processing adoptions in Ukraine
Ukraine July 12, 2011 Alert: Presidential order expected to allow SDA to continue processing adoptions in Ukraine On July 8, 2011, the president of Ukraine signed an order which extends the State Department on Adoption’s (SDA’s) authority to process adoptions. We have been informed by the SDA that the order will not take effect until the order is published, likely …
DOS Adoption Notice: Ukraine Post Placement
July 6, 2011 Notice: What does Ukraine require of the adoptive parents after the adoption? Ukraine requires adoptive parents to supply information about the adopted child’s living conditions and educational progress to the Ukrainian consular office annually during the first three years following the adoption and once every three years thereafter, until the child’s 18th birthday. Note: Under Ukrainian law, …
DOS Adoption Alert: Ukraine Family Code Amendments and temporary suspension on adoptions to take effect on July 11, 2011
June 15, 2011Alert: Ukrainian Family Code Amendments and temporary suspension on adoptions to take effect on July 11, 2011 The Ukrainian State Department on Adoptions (SDA) informed the US Embassy this morning that beginning July 11 SDA will no longer have the authority to process adoption cases. This will likely result in a temporary suspension of adoptions from Ukraine. The …
DOS Adoption Notice: Ukraine
May 20, 2011 Notice: Ukrainian Family Code Amendments and adoption processing in Ukraine On May 19, the Ukrainian government passed an amendment to its Family Code to require orphans to be registered on the central adoption registry for one year and to be at least 5 years old before they are eligible for intercountry adoption. The amendment exempts children with …
DOS Adoption Notice: Ukraine
Editorial note: the DOS released a similar Notice on April 8, we have highlighted the updated information with italics to accentuate the changes between the current Notice and the Notice of April 8, 2011 Adoption Notice: Ukraine April 29, 2011 SDA authority and adoption processing in Ukraine On the evening of April 7, 2011, President Yanukovych signed a Decree transferring …
DOS Adoption Alert: Ukraine
April 8, 2011 Alert: Ukraine Adoption On the evening of April 7, 2011, President Yanukovych signed a Decree transferring all functions of, the State Department for Adoption and Protection of the Rights of the Child (SDA– the current central adoption authority of Ukraine), to the Ministry for Social Policy. We do not yet know how the implementation of this transfer …
DOS Adoption Notice: Ukraine
Adoption NoticeU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues January 12, 2011 U.S. Embassy Kyiv has learned the proposed bill to place a moratorium on intercountry adoptions in the Ukrainian parliament has once again been postponed. There has been no announcement of a rescheduled date. In order to best prepare for all possibilities in Ukraine, Embassy Kyiv encourages …