ADOPTION IN UKRAINE

Documents

An international adoption requires a substantial number of documents, and the requirements are different depending on the parents’ home country, state, province or county. We will work with you and your social worker to help ensure that your paperwork is complete and processed promptly and correctly.

The Ukrainian Government requires that parents put together a ‘DOSSIER’. This group of papers is approximately the same regardless of the country of origin, and it includes the following:

Home Study
Photocopy of the license of whoever does the Home Study
Birth Certificates of parent (s)
Marriage Certificate (if married couple)
Proof of Accommodation (Mortgage, Deed or Lease)
INS Approval (I–171H form) for The Americans
Home Office approval for the British
Undertaking by the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga and Letter of No-Objection by the relevant province for the Canadians
Acceptance of visa application by The Netherlands for the Dutch parents
Whatever is required in the home country of other parents
Photocopies of bearer’s information of parent(s) passports
Power of Attorney
Post Placement Agreement
Letter of Intent to Adopt
Extract of the Adoption Law from your home area

Each of the above papers has a specific format. Some must be notarized, some must have additional verification. Much of the documentation can be arranged simultaneously, for example, the INS approval and Home Study. Much of the rest of the ‘paperchase’ can also be done at the sametime. We will guide you through this process.