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Russia, April 27, 2007
Update on Adoption Agency Accreditation Delays
No U.S.-based adoption service providers (adoption agencies) are
currently accredited with the Ministry of Education and Science of the
Russian Federation.
The Ministry of Education is currently reviewing adoption agencies'
accreditation applications and has not announced a date by which it
will complete this review. These applications for accreditation are
also under review by four other Russian ministries: the Ministry of
Health, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of
Foreign Affairs. Sometimes during the review process, one of these
ministries requests additional documents or clarification on some
matters. Recently, for example, the Ministry of Justice returned
applications to adoption agencies with a request for more information.
According to the recently-adopted law on re-accreditation, the
Ministry of Education can only issue a license for accreditation if
they have approval from the other four ministries.
The U.S. Government has been actively encouraging the Russian
government to complete its reviews and proceed with appropriate
accreditations or re-accreditations as expeditiously as possible. In
addition, the Department of State recently provided to pending U.S.
agencies as well as to the Russian government directly additional
information that the Russian ministries had requested in the context
of reviewing these applications. We also stand ready to assist however
we appropriately can in answering additional questions that may arise.
We continue to monitor this situation and will update our web site
(www.travel.state.gov) should new information become
available. We recommend that American prospective adoptive parents in
the process of adopting a Russian child(ren) stay in close contact
with their adoption agency.
Sincerely,
Hague Implementation Staff
U.S. Central Authority
Department of State
Adopt Abroad Inc. is a member of the: 
http://www.jcics.org/
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