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Who are the children?

  • Children available for adoption from Ukraine are generally between the ages of 14 and 36 months.
  • They are usually healthy and reside in clean, well staffed orphanages prior to placement.
  • Their families have placed them for adoption because of extensive poverty in the country.
  • Childless couples cannot request gender, but families with one or more child can request either a boy or a girl.
Who can adopt?

  • Married couples may adopt from Ukraine.
  • Ukraine is also very flexible regarding parents' ages, health and length of marriage.
  • Children in the home are acceptable.
Time:

  • Travel to Ukraine is scheduled three to seven months after the dossier is sent to Ukraine.
Travel:

  • Lifelink partners with Stork-Adopt International for its Ukranian program.
  • Stork-Adopt International has 13 years of experience in facilitating adoptions.
  • Two trips are now required for Ukraine adoptions.  The first trip will be 2 1/2 to 3 weeks in length.  Parents have three options for the second trip:
               
The Adoption Process:

  • Lifelink will conduct a home study of applicants and assist parents in completing and submitting the necessary dossier documents that are required.
  • During the waiting period, Lifelink will provide parents training on adoption issues and cultural information as we believe understanding these issues is an important facet of the adoption experience.
  • Licensure by the State is not necessary as the adoption is finalized while parents are in Ukraine.
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  1. They can both stay during the 10 day waiting period after the adoption decree is entered by the Judge, and then stay 5-8 days after the decree is signed before they can bring the child home.
  2. Both parents can leave after the first trip and one can come back 10-14 days later for the 5-8 day waiting period after the decree is signed.
  3. After the first trip, one parent can leave and one can stay the remaining time period until the child can be brought home.

Our Ukranian facilitator will coordinate the adoptive parents' trip and ensure that all necessary government and immigration service documents are completed according to Ukranian law.
 
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