Thursday, June 25, 2009

Ukrainian Parliament compicates the adoption procedure

Ukrainian Parliament has pass amendments to the Family Code of Ukraine regarding the adoption procedure.
Now more detailed is defined who can't adopt from Ukraine. But there is nothing principally new in this amendment.
The only one editional paragraph will deifinetly complicate the adoption procedure for foreign families. Soon SDA will request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine to check whether there is discreditable information about prospective parents. Then Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs will request such information from Interpol and law machinery of prospective parents' counrty. This may cause additional waiting period or even new bribes.

Friday, June 5, 2009

New reception hours in the SDA

Ukrainian Ministry on family and youth affairs has approved new reception hours for submitting dossiers for Ukrainians living abroad and for foreigners desiring to adopt a child from Ukraine.

The new time table is following:

Monday 9.00 – 11.00
Children under 6 years old

Tuesday 9.00 – 11.00
Children from 6 to 8 y.o.

Wednesday 9.00 – 11.00
Children from 9 to 11 y.o.

Thursday 9.00 – 11.00
Children that are 12 y.o. and older

Top-priority in reception have the dossiers of the following persons:
- who desires to adopt a child that are suffering the illness mentioned in special list of Ministry of Health;
- relatives of the child;
- citizens of Ukraine
- who desire to adopt a sibling of previously adopted child.