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Waiting for the Referral

The Data Base System

Legally free children are entered into a local data bank for one month and a national data bank for three months. At this time only Russian families are able to adopt these children. Once this time has passed the children are then available for adoption internationally.

Of course the referral time varies but usually it is anywhere from 0-8 months.

Most Russian adoptions are completed in less than a year.

For more information on the referral read:
What is an adoption referral?and What to Do With the Medical Information in a Referral

While you wait for your referral you can also start Preparing to Parent the Internationally Adopted Child

  1. General Requirements for Russian Adoptions
  2. The Home Study
  3. Form I-600A
  4. The Dossier
  5. The Waiting Children of Russia
  6. Waiting for the Referral
  7. Travel Times
  8. A New Family!

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