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UKRAINE, December 12, 2007
Dear Members of American Adoption Community Interested in Ukraine:
On November 22, 2007 the Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports issued
Decree #4137. This Decree approves the numbers of the new adoption
dossiers from foreign countries that can be accepted by the Ukrainian
State Department for Adoption and Protection of the Rights of the
Child (SDAPRC) during calendar year 2008.
The result of the decree is that 460 dossier submissions have been
allocated to parents from the U.S. for calendar year 2008. This number
was arrived at using a special mathematical formula devised by the
SDAPRC, based on the number of delinquent post adoption reports and
the number of Ukrainian children who will be eligible for intercountry
adoption in 2008. The total number of the dossier submissions is
divided among five categories of children, so a specific number of
dossiers can be submitted for each category:
- children under six years old (with no siblings) – 32 dossiers
- children from six to nine years old (with no siblings) - 83 dossiers
- children ten years or older (with no siblings) – 115 dossiers
- sibling groups (in which one of the children is younger than 6
years) – 92 dossiers
- sibling groups (in which all siblings are 6 or more years old) – 138
dossiers
The U.S. again has the highest number of allocations for foreign
countries adopting from Ukraine, followed by Italy (381 dossiers) and
Spain (285 dossiers).
The dossiers for the following categories of children will be accepted
without any limitations and out of the regular line:
Children who have been abandoned or are currently residing under the
legal custody of their relatives
step-children
handicapped children, who suffer from a disease listed with the
Ministry of Public Health Protection (the list of these diseases is
posted at: http://kyiv.usembassy.gov/amcit_adoptions_eng.html)
The SDAPRC will accept the new dossiers from foreign citizens
beginning February 4, 2008.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any additional questions.
Sincerely,
Adoption Unit/Immigrant Visa Section
Consular Section
American Embassy
Kyiv, Ukraine
Tel: 38-044-4904422
Fax: 38-044-490-4570
mail: Kyivadoptions@state.gov
Internet: kyiv.usembassy.gov/amcit_adoptions_eng.html
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