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

I received confirmation that the SDAPRC is processing dossiers and handing out referrals and accepting new dossiers. They are just moving slower then expected. Dossiers are taking 30 to 40 business days to be approved rather then 20 days. They are accepting 5 new dossiers per week from American families rather than 8.

(My sources: US Embassy in Kyiv, a couple of blogs and a few emails)

We... more

It seems pretty much confirmed that the SDAPRC's director Volinets (also spelled Volynets) and deputy director Balim and international adoptions director Remen have resigned.

What does this mean to someone adopting from Ukraine?

Probably not very much....

My guess is this boils down to Ukrainian politics. Volynets and Remen resigned back in December... more

Hosting means...

Family pays travel expenses for child to visit the United States. The child lives in an orphanage but isn't necessary available for adoption.

They must be registered for adoption with the Ukrainian government for 14 months. They are available only for domestic adoption during this time frame.

After 14 months the child is now available for international adoption.

And many of the children in the orphanages will... more

So here I am posting about the Ukrainian government body that processes adoptions again. This isn't unexpected because of the politics and the political parties.

Yuri Pavlenko, the former Ministry of Youth and Sports had his resignation accepted on November 29, 2006.... more

A person named Nat, posted a translation of SDA's recent announcement. I believe this announcement was posted on the SDA's (Ukrainian adoption authority) office wall.

The SDA asked for (according to article 252 of CPC Ukrainian law) a document that verifies a family's right to use the house. The Ukrainian government wants proof you have the legal right to live in your house.

A copy of... more

Yuri Pavlenko was dismissed (his resignation was accepted) by the Rada (Ukrainian legislature) on November 29 2006. He was the Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports. All adoption processing is done under this Ministry.

Mr Pavlenko seemed to be anti-international adoption because of his focus on domestic adoption.

He was replaced... more

Here is the background on the Ukrainian Delegation in US. I am continuing from part 2 on adopting a child that a family hosted in the United States.

I mentioned the... more

Here is the background on the Ukrainian Delegation in US. I am continuing from part 1 on adopting a child that a family hosted in the United States.

Well...... If... more

Here is the background on the Ukrainian Delegation in US. Continuing on to what was said about adopting a hosted child.

The message from the Ukrainian government officials is very basic. Hosting... more