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DOCUMENTARY
REQUIREMENTS
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE DOCUMENTS
REQUIRED FOR AN INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION IN UKRAINE
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Home Study - Certificate of
completed home study, issued by a competent authority in the prospective
adoptive parents’ country.
If completed by a non-governmental entity, a copy of the license
authorizing this entity to conduct home studies must be included. As of
December 1, 2008, the home study should include the
following:*
Home address, living
conditions(number of bedrooms, living space and condtitions for the
adopted child), biographic informations of the parents, household
members(number of persons residing in the same household and their
relation to the adoptive parent, number of biological children, if any);
adoptive parents approach towards adoption.
The home study must
also include the recommendations regarding the number, age and health
condition of the children that can be adopted by the prospective
adoptive parents. The
conclusion should clearly state that it is the agency/social worker’s
recommendation for this family to adopt this particular child or
children, not just the family’s own preference.
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Form I-171H, Notice of
Approval of Advance Processing, entrance and permanent residence permit
for the adopted child.
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A statement
from the parents’ employers indicating salary for the past six
months*. The
statement can also include the annual income, but it must always indicate the amount you
have received for the previous six months. .
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Home ownership/Rental
Documents – A notarized copy of the document confirming ownership or
rental rights of the adoptive parents for their house or apartment,
indicating total and living area as well as number of bedrooms.
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Medical
Information – A specific medical form must be completed here. Although the form instructs
parents to visit eight separate specialists, the parents may simply
visit their family doctor.
The doctor must complete the form in its entirety. The doctor must also include an
official and authenticated statement that the parents are not drug
addicts, and that they do not have syphilis or
HIV/AIDS.
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Three copies of the passports or other identification papers of
prospective adoptive parents. If one prospective adoptive parent is not an American citizen, a copy of the
Permanent Resident Card must be included.**
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“No criminal record”
statement from a competent authority, attesting to his/her/their having
no criminal record at the State level.
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Registration
commitment
The
prospective adoptive parents must commit, in writing, to register their
child with the Ukrainian Embassy or Consulate in the United States
within one month of the completion of the adoption. The parents also agree to
complete the post-adoption progress reports. This document must be prepared
in duplicate and should include the following
commitments:
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to register the adopted
child with the respective Consulate or Embassy of Ukraine (indicating the name and full
address of the Consulate/Embassy);
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to provide the adopted
child with the opportunity to keep their Ukrainian citizenship until
18 years old;
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to submit annual reports
on the adopted child to the Consulate or Embassy of Ukraine at least
once a year for the first three years after the adoption and once
every three years afterwards, until the child’s 18th
birthday;
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to provide an opportunity
to the representatives of the Consulate/Embassy of Ukraine to
communicate with the adopted child;
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to inform the
Consulate/Embassy of Ukraine about any change of address of the
adopted child.
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Notarized statement, signed by both parents, authorizing the SDAPRC to
request the clearances for them through the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and Interpol. This statement should
bear a Hague Apostille and be accompanied by a certified English translation. You can use the following form that is
the translation of the Ukrainian form provided by SDAPRC HERE.
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Two notarized copies of
marriage certificate.*
*
Indicates new requirement as of December 1, 2008.
** Indicates new requirement as of February 1, 2010
NOTE: The SDAPRC will not accept any
notarized statements in place of W-2 forms or other proof of income, nor
will they accept notarized statements or affidavits instead of the
documents confirming property rights. On the date of submission of your
documents to the SDAPRC, they should remain valid for at least six
months. Documents are valid
for 12 months from the date of issuance or notarization, except for the
I-171H form, which is valid for 18 months. Additional documents may be
requested. If you are asked
to provide proof that a document from the United States is authentic, we
can help. Learn how.
AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS: All U.S. documents
submitted to the Ukrainian government/court must be authenticated. Ukraine
is a party to the Hague Legalization Convention. Generally, U.S. civil
records, such as birth, death, and marriage certificates, must bear the
seal of the issuing office and an apostille affixed by the state's
Secretary of State (an apostille is a special seal applied to a document
to certify that a document is a true copy of an original). Documents must
be apostilled in the state where they are issued. Tax returns, medical
reports and police clearances should likewise be authenticated.
Prospective adopting parents should contact the Secretary of State of the
state where documents originated from for instructions and fees for
authenticating documents.
For
additional information about the effects of joining the Hague Legalization
Convention, please visit this
page.
For
additional information about authentication procedures, see the "Judicial
Assistance" page of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Web site
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