NOTICE
As of February 2006, the Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Consular Affairs stated that,
"Ukraine will likely maintain its current policy of not accepting new dossiers from U. S. prospective adoptive parents until the Ukrainian government sees significant improvement in the compliance rate on past cases."
Between the years 1996 and 2004, 5,760 children were adopted by U. S. citizens and 900 of those adoptions are missing post-placement reports.
So only children who fit into one of the following three categories are available for adoption to U.S. prospective adoptive parents.
- The child is older than 10 years of age.
- The child has an identified handicap.
- The child has biological siblings who have been adopted by the family pursuing his/her adoption.
General Requirements of Prospective Adoptive Parents
- Must be at least 25 years old.
- No preference for number of years married.
- No restrictions of number of children in the home.
- Single men and women may adopt.
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