If you are preparing a dossier or waiting to submit a dossier, please read the entire post. This blog is just information reframed. Nothing has changed on dossier submissions.

As the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy states:

DON'T PANIC

Well this just blows rotten eggs. My hope for 2007 was that everyone who wanted to adopt, could adopt.... more

I just heard that a new director, Mr. Shick, was finally appointed to the SDAPRC. If you know anything about him please post a comment or email me at adoptukraineblog@adoptionmail.com. Has he worked for the Ukrainian government before?

The SDAPRC (Ukrainian government adoption authority) has been leaderless for 58 days. The former director, Ms Volynets resigned March... more

The Ukrainian government has started restricting the number of international adoptions.

This is partly good news. It makes the adoption process more predictable. During the last 2 years it has been a roller coaster. It was a combination of shutdowns and reorganizations.... more

Ukrainian regulation is now restricting the number of adoptions. And it has already impacted the Canadians.

Ukraine will only accept 24 dossiers from Canadians for 2007. And 24 dossiers have been submitted.

So far the quota isn't impacting Americans. Americans are still able to submit dossiers once a week (Monday).

Everyone has been trying to figure out the formula that the SDA is using. It... more