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8/3/09 - SDA is not accepting new files for children under the age of six until January 2010. If you have a completed Home Study and POA they can be sent to Ukraine prior to completion of the rest of your dossier documents. These documents can be used to register you for a specific date when your dossier will be submitted to the SDA.

5/1/09 - Ukraine is accepting applications for children 3-6 years of age. Children under 3 years of age may be available with an older sibling. Call Suzanne at EAC for more information 1-800-533-0098.

4/10/09 - The Ukraine program continues to bring home beautiful children! Most of the children being placed from Ukraine are between 3 and 6 years of age. Children younger than 6 years of age are generally available when they are adopted as part of a sibling group or may have special needs. Families are completing their adoptions 6 to 12 months after submitting their dossier.

12/16/08 - On December 1, 2008 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved Resolution #905, introducing new regulations for adoptions and the protection of the right of adopted children. According to Resolution #905, the SDA will now have the right to refuse to register your dossier if your home study does not contain the recommendation of children available on the central database. Given the statistics published by the SDA, there are no healthy children (or children with minor, correctable health problems) under 3 and very few under six years old. Therefore, if you are recommended in your home study for a healthy child or a child with minor/correctable healthy problems under six years of age the SDA is very likely to refuse to accept and register your dossier.

09/8/08 - Ukraine is accepting applications for children 14 months and older and sibling groups. Clients must be open with age and be willing to accept up to 6 years old, as there are many children over the age of three available. Clients are more likely to be show a younger child with an older sibling. Clients will be shown children that are available at the time of their appointment with the SDA.

08/7/08 - We are now accepting application for sibling groups; Also, Ukraine is now enforcing the 45 year rule in all regions, meaning you will be unable adopt a child more than 45 years younger than the oldest parent.
In June, a sibling group of 3: ages four, five, and six, returned home from the Ukraine. The children are adjusting wonderfully! Please call Suzanne Anderson with any questions.

6/28/07 - Adoptive parents must be flexible with age of child(ren) they are looking to adopt. EAC suggests going up to 5 yrs. of age, but younger children may be available.

6/5/07 - The NAC is not accepting any new dossiers until July 1, 2007. A new Minister of the NAC came in on 6/4/07 and will be making procedure changes. The 45 year rule will be going into effect at some point, but the date is still unknown. There also has been no decision as to which parent's age will be used.

5/16/07 - There has been a slowdown in the submission of dossiers to the National Adoption Center (now called the SDA). They only accept a very limited number each Monday from the US and there is a lot of competition for facilitatiors to submit, as evidenced by ongoing lines outside the SDA. Families can now expect 3-4 weeks for submission of dossiers. In addition, there is a quota for each country in 2007. The quota for the U.S. may very well be reached in July or August, in which case, remaining dossiers will not be able to be submitted before 2008.