HOW TO ADOPT FROM UKRAINE SUCCESSFULLY
Do you dream for a long time about adopting a child? Do you feel that you are ready for this decisive step?
Just imagine a beautiful child you can lavish care and parental love upon… Are you in the grip of deep emotion when you are thinking about your prospective child? If it is so, then you have determination and confidence for adoption a child from Ukraine.
But there is a barrier between you and your prospective child… the adoption procedure.
Did you think about that you will have to go to foreign country for more than a month? You will leave your relatives, friends, home, work… It is not so easy to permit it yourself. Many are stopped by this barrier right away - and their dream just remains a dream…
Did you have to:
- surf tens of useless web-sites about international adoption?
- spend hours on forums without any result?
- listen to many different adoption stories?
- feel your confusion by such plenty of contradictory information about adoption from Ukraine?
Every adoptive family has her own adoption story. Some of them have adopted a child easily and smoothly. Others have faced different difficulties. And some couples have came back from Ukraine without a child at all…
Why adoption stories are so different?
Because every family chooses herown way to go. The success of your adoption journey depends on the way you choose.
Will your adoption be successful? Or will you be discouraged and stopped by a grate many of unforeseen circumstances … you weren’t warned about… Everything depends only on you.
What you need to make a right choice?
You need to be prepared!
You have to know what to expect from the very beginning. You need to be warned about hidden dangers and possible difficulties. Not without reason many people consider Ukraine as an unpredictable country.
Do you want to know what you need to be prepared for?
Then go on reading!
THIS LETTER BECOMES DECISIVE MOMENT ON YOUR WAY TO ADOPT A CHILD!
My name is Alexander Bogach. I am Ukrainian lawyer specializing in adoption procedure.
Now you’ll get to know why you shouldn’t have to worry anymore about difficulties in your adoption journey.
You will learn how to act effectively avoiding from the beginning typical mistakes most adoptive parents do. New knowledge will help you in adoption of the child you have dreamed so long about. Believe that you can surmount any obstacles on the way to your little angel.
So what am I offering you?
The comprehensive guide:
You will learn all about what you will be expected in Ukraine. In the Guide you will find the adoption procedure described in details with all the latest updates in legislation. It was analyzed and worked literally hundreds of pages of Ukrainian legislation.
In the result what was considered complicated and intricate I stated in easy to understand and logical form.
Every step of the procedure is described in detail. You will be able to control and influence the trend of affairs. You won’t be asking then with emotion your facilitator “What next? Why it has happened? Why didn’t you tell us anything about it?!”
You will know all terms, your rights and obligations of state authorities. You will be up on which document to file and with what institution. All this information will be just in the way.
You know, if you fail even one document this may significantly delay you in Ukraine or cost you additional amount, or even make your adoption impossible. All possible mistakes of your facilitator in result will be yours.
Generally speaking not many people are interested in your full understanding of the adoption procedure. It is advantageous for some agencies and facilitators that the adoption procedure appear to be complex and intricate… in order to charge you more.
Nobody can guarantee that you certainly adopt a child in Ukraine. If someone promises you this – they lie to you!
You need to know how to choose a good and proven adoption agency or honest independent facilitator. These people are very important in your adoption journey.
You are advised to take this Guide with by traveling to Ukraine. This book will be your manual during the adoption procedure.
Look at the contents of the Guide:
Contents
PART 1 Two questions that have to be answered before all
Chapter 1 Are you eligible to adopt?
Who may adopt from Ukraine
The main requirements to prospective parents
Who can't adopt from Ukraine
Chapter 2 Who may be adopted?
Available age
Statistical information
Adoption of a child that is younger than one year old
Chapter 3 How to choose the age of a child?
Newborn child and toddlers
From one to three
From three to five
From five to seven
From seven to ten
Teenagers
Some remarks
PART 2 Ukrainian Adoption Procedure
Chapter 4 Brief overview of the process
Duration
Arrival in Ukraine
Visiting the SDA
Visiting an orphanage
The court hearing
Receiving the child’s birth certificate and passport
Applying for
child’s visa
Chapter 5 Filing your dossier with the SDA
When the documents can be filed
List of the required documents
What is Apostille?
Validity of the documents
Filing of the documents
Personal file of prospective parents
Chapter 6 Your appointment date
Appointment date of your arrival in Ukraine
Second appointment date of your arrival in Ukraine
When you are taken off the books
Familiarization with information about children
Reference to orphanage
The second familiarization with information about children available for adoption
Chapter 7 Going to orphanage
Becoming acquainted with the child on its residence and getting
into contact with the kid
Information about the child
Visiting the child
Failure to get in contact with the child
Second appointment date denial
Pre-adoption Medical Examination
Chapter 8 Approval of adoption before court hearing
Filing the documents with the juvenile service
Separation of siblings
Conclusion on expediency of adoption
The SDA’s consent to adoption
The SDA’s refusal to approve adoption
Chapter 9 No money – no justice
Filing the documents with court
Court fee
Court hearing
What details the judge pays attention to?
The child’s consent to adoption
The court approval of adoption
The date of adoption
What to do in case of adoption denial
The order of child’s delivery to adopters
The rights of the adoptive parents
Chapter 10 What comes next after the court approval of adoption?
Receiving new birth certificate (post-adoption birth certificate)
Receiving child’s ID number
Receiving child’s passport
Receiving visa for child
Chapter 11 Post adoption obligations of adoptive parents
Post adoption report
If you are an US citizen
PART 3 How to choose an adoption agency or an independent adoption facilitator
Chapter 12 Agency vs. independent facilitator
What shall you pay attention to by choosing an adoption agency or independent facilitator?
What kind of services shall be provided by an adoption agency or independent facilitator?
The adoption cost
Cost of translation and notarization
Bribes… to pay or not to pay...
How to withstand bribes?
PART 4 Ukraine as it is
Chapter 13 What you need to know about Ukraine
International airport "Borispol" or why your luggage will be ransacked…
Traveling in Ukraine
Lodging
How to connect your laptop to internet
Advises about money
Chapter 14 The Ukrainians
Annexes
Annex A. Draft of the Power of Attorney for your facilitator
Annex B. The form of post-adoption report
Annex C. The form of application for handing of adopted child
Annex D. The form of medical record
Annex E. The form of referral for meeting with child
Annex F. Detailed Timetable of adoption process
Annex G. The form of the certificate about departure of the child to adopters’ family
Annex H. Letter of Obligation
Annex I. Useful contact details
Annex J. The draft of Application to be registered as adoptive parents candidates
There are no analogues of this book. In internet you can find only general (and often outdated) information about the Ukrainian adoption procedure.
The Guide is not attached to a particular country. This book is designed for prospective adoptive parents from all over the world.
I do not describe in this book home study stage. This procedure is conducted under the legislation of your country. I am sure that you easy can find all necessary information in free access.
In the annexes of the Guide you will find a lot of key documents that you will require. So the papers won’t be an issue for you.
Also there is a timetable in the book that will help you to clearly estimate the whole adoption process.
As is easy to see my English is not perfect and not so fluent and facile as I wanted it to be. I did not pretend to write a literally masterpiece. The only purpose of this Guide is to assist you in affair that is important for you.
Why shall you read this Guide without shelving?
- If you do not know where to begin your adoption this book will help you to clearly understand all steps of the adoption procedure.
- You can significantly save time and money on the beginning by choosing an adoption agency or independent facilitator, and preparing your dossier of the SDA.
- You will secure yourself against all kinds of frauds that may catch you on every stage of your adoption.
- You will stop being nervous by thinking about adoption from Ukraine. The adoption procedure won’t be foggy for you.
- You will become less anxious and more confident.
- You desire to adopt a child and have chosen Ukraine for this purpose.
- You are only making a decision about a country to adopt from.
- You would like to know how to choose reliable adoption agency or independent facilitator.
- If you are sure that adoption procedure is very difficult.
- If you have been told that it is easy enough to adopt from Ukraine.
- You are actively preparing your dossier.
- You are waiting for the appointment letter from the SDA.
- The SDA has already invited you to Ukraine and are nervous before your departure.
- You are already in Ukraine and want to understand better what is going on and what comes next.
- Your budget for the adoption is limited and you don’t want to go over it.
- You have heard stories about fraud relating adoption and you want to avoid such unpleasant experience.
- Thoughts about your prospective adopted child don’t let you to fall asleep.
Did you recognize yourself in one of these portraits? You can profit enormously by using the Guide.
You may be interested why did I actually decide to write this book?
The answer is simple – I like to help foreign families in their adoptions. Also I have legal education and sufficient work experience with Ukrainian state authorities. Some time I have even worked in a state authority and I know a lot about bureaucracy and how the system functions.
I really enjoy when Ukrainian orphans get to loving family.
Every year more than a thousand of foreign families successfully adopt children from Ukraine.
And you also have a fait chance to adopt a wonderful child!
Now you have the choice: to pass through many mistakes in adoption or learn clear plan of actions that will be your reliable support during your adoption journey.
Once more you will learn:
- All necessary information about adoption procedure. You will be thoroughly prepared for every stage of adoption.
- You will have drafts of all necessary documents
- Who can be adopted from Ukraine and who can't
- How to save effectively money and time during adoption
- How to avoid many pitfalls
- What you shall pay attention to by choosing an adoption agency or independent facilitator
- Truth about “expediting fees” and bribes
- How to secure yourself in Ukraine
How much does this indispensable Guide cost?
Remember, this is not just a book – this is extremely practical tool comprising experience of many adoptive families.
The Guide is provided for your convenience as e-book.
Price: $24.95
You have to know that
the total cost of your adoption will be dependant in result on your action and
may vary significantly. In practice total adoption cost of every family differ in several thousand US Dollars/Euro or even more than 10000 US Dollars/Euro.
By following the smallest advice from the Guide you will cover the cost of this book several times.
The Guide will help you to save not only your money but your nerves.
So, what are you waiting for? Having in hand reliable information instrument you would much far simpler and faster move forward to adoption of the child you are dreaming about!
Give family happiness to the child who longs for you!
Yours truly,
Alexander Bogach
P.S. Fancy you wouldn’t have anymore to be anxious by thinking about your adoption journey to Ukraine. You will know what will happen there. You will be well informed about possible difficulties and how to avoid them. You will be calm and confident in your success by thinking about adoption of a child from Ukraine.
P.P.S. Remember that you will have possibility to be advised for free by Ukrainian adoption attorney. (See Bonus)
My contact details:
E-mail: alexander.bogach@gmail.com
Blog: http://www.howtoadoptfromukraine.blogspot.com/
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