Foreign adoption in USA from Russia, Ukraine: documents, requirements. Orphanages

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Adoption in Russia - requirements, description of process, list of accredited adoption agencies in USA.
Adoption in Ukraine - Ukraine adoption news, documents, requirements, information about State Department for Adoption and Protection of Children's Rights.
Orphanages in Russia - list of orphanages on the territory of Russian Federation.
Orphanages in Ukraine - list of orphanages on the territory of Ukraine.

Listing Orphanages in Russia

Submitted by 4RUkids on Wed, 2009-12-30 23:06.

I know of several reputable orphanges in Russia not listed on your site. How can I add them to your list?

Looking for husband's parents in Russia

Submitted by C Perry on Mon, 2009-12-07 17:56.

Hi My husband was adopted from Russia from the psych-neurological baby house #10 in St Petersburg on the Herzen pedagogical university campus March of 1992 at the age of 2 1/2. We have his original birth name and date but no information on his parents or hospital he was born in since his adoptive mother is refusing to give us any information and his adoptive father who brought him from Russia past away when was only 7 years old. I believe the name of the woman in charge of the orphanage at this time was Alla Gamaeva. We also have video of the orphanage itself but neither myself nor my husband sadly can understand Russian. I know that there were only 324 orphans adopted from Russia into the US during this year. I'm unsure where to start our search and he is desperate to find out who his birth parents are. Is it easier to start with the US information or try to contact the Russian Embassy regarding his paperwork? Should I try calling the orphanage directly? If anyone could lead us in the right direction we would be truly grateful.

adoption

Submitted by veronica ponce on Thu, 2009-08-27 00:28.

Hi i am from mexico and i wanted to adopt a baby girl from Russia and i dont know how to start.

Adoption Assistance

Submitted by FedorS on Mon, 2009-11-23 16:42.

Adoption query

Submitted by sascha on Sat, 2009-05-02 02:47.

This is a long shot however, could you please provide sources of where I can find records belonging to an Orphanage that existed in Nikolaev, 1900 - 1920. My mother (now deceased) was brought up in an orphanage. She was born, she believes, in 1919 without known parents. Her maiden name was either Kolomizeva or Kolomeitz. Do Orphanage admissions around this time exist. Any thread of information would be helpful. Thank you. Alex O.

child from Ukraine

Submitted by Christine on Thu, 2009-04-16 21:29.

Hello, we are a french family who took care for a child from an ukrainian orphenage during 3 years. This year, our child cannot come to us .The orphanage gave us following answer : the child lives now in the usa in an adoptive family. We'd like to find her and stay in contact with her because it's so sad when you take care for a girl and you can suddenly not see her any more. I hope someone can help us to find her Informations : Name : Kliots Ludmyla Date and place of birth : 06 / 02 / 2000 in Zhytomir Ukraine Last adress we know : orphanage in Denyshi Zhytomyrska oblast. 14222) and then Zhytomir The last 6 monthes she was in an ukrainian family. Thank you for helping us

my daughter

Submitted by olimpiya on Mon, 2009-02-23 17:13.

M name is Oxana Kolesnichenko I am living in UK for 7 years, while i was waithing for my documents my children been take in the care , in 2005 i had my full right in this country and applayed for taking my parental right back but i have been unlucky because i do not have family over there to help me with the case, lawers just taking money, in the end we have everything ready for the court when my daughther been disappered from orphanage in Ukraine City Kerch the director told my sister in law that she is been adopted by American family , I do not here from her over2 months and i do not know if she alive, social services i talk about do not know anything about it. How can they do that can you answer this . If you want to know more about me you can buy my book which been relised in January it is called Mummy, come home Publishers Harper Element My Agent Ivan Mulcahy I am going soon on national TV and i will fight 4 my daughter until my last breath. your sincerely Oxana Kolesnichenko(Kalemi)

HEY

Submitted by sandro2392 on Mon, 2009-06-22 20:30.

HEY WHEN WAS YOUR DAUGHTER BORN?

Looking for information about my husband's adoption

Submitted by ccallaghan on Sat, 2009-02-14 19:11.

My husband Anthony and I are trying to find out information about his adoption/biological family. He was born March 3,1987 in St.Petersburg, Russia and his name at birth was Ruslan Markov. He was adopted by California residents Linda Swanson and Kenneth Callaghan in 1994 at the age of 7 from an orphanage in or around St.Petersburg, where we belive he had lived since the age of 3. He is now estranged from his adoptive parents and they refuse to give us copies of the records and information about his adoption and his parents. We know however that the agent who helped his adoptive family find him was named Galina, however we dont know her last name or the agency she worked for. Anyone having any tips on how to find anything out please let us know!!

for ccallaghan re: Galina

Submitted by bbleek on Thu, 2009-07-09 15:23.

Hi! We adopted our daughter from Russia in 1996 and our coordinator's name was Galina also. I don't know her last name or how to contact her, but I believe she lives in New York now. At the time she worked with Children's Home Society and Family Services in Minnesota. They have a web site and could probably help you. Good luck!

Immigration to USA

Submitted by Reg Niles on Wed, 2009-05-13 15:05.

At the time of adoption, your husband Anthony CALLAGHAN would have been an alien immigrant. He may have been naturalized as a U.S. citizen later by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service. The INS would have created a dossier of information about Anthony. Americans apply for information that the U.S. government maintains about them under the terms of The Privacy Act of 1974. This sounds as if I'm a lawyer, but I'm not. Anthony should apply for a copy of whatever documents are in his dossier. While adoption records are sealed in California, adult adoptees may petition the relevant court for access. In my opinion, adoptees who are estranged from their adoptive parents would be more likely--in some states--to get their records unsealed. However it may be necessary to nullify the adoption. If Anthony wishes to pursue that route, he can seek the advice of a lawyer in California. You may wish to educate yourself by reading (an out-of-print) book I published in 1978: The Reg Niles Searchbook for Adult Adoptees. Many libraries that possess this book are listed by WorldCat (www.worldcat.org), a nonprofit organization of libraries. [Mr.] Reg Niles RegNMINiles#cs.com (change pound sign to at sign)

husband's adoption

Submitted by donnaki on Sun, 2009-04-19 11:51.

Join the group birthparent contact at yahoo.com. This group has a wealth of information about birthparent searches in Russia. There are many people in Russia that can help you. If your husband could talk to his adoptive parents then the birthparents names and maybe even address should be on his paperwork.

I was looking through the

Submitted by steflar on Wed, 2009-02-11 19:32.

I was looking through the orphanages and noticed that some of them said "of the 8th type" or "of the 6th type" etc. Does anyone know what that means?

Looking for my adopted son's friend who may be in California

Submitted by Donna on Mon, 2009-01-26 18:37.

Just a little over a year ago (Nov. 2007) we adopted a boy (10 years old) named Roman from Donetsk, Ukraine. He was from Internat #1. He told us that his friend in the orphanage was supposed to get adopted too, and he thought he was going to California (same as Roman). I would like to reunite these two friends.

looking for adoption

Submitted by aymanhfattah on Sat, 2008-08-09 13:45.

Ayman H Fatth I am muslem,egyptian civil engineer, age 47 y/o , now staying and working in United Arab Emirates, married,my wife is a teacher. We are looking for a baby age 0-1

Child adoption assistance

Submitted by FedorS on Mon, 2009-11-23 16:47.

Going to Armavir

Submitted by trwoods on Wed, 2008-06-25 03:02.

We adopted a beautiful baby girl from the "Baby House" on 126 Turgenev St, Armavir. Director was Dr. Vyacheslav. We're planning to return next year with our daughter, who will be 19. We can't find any way to communicate with the orphanage except by snail mail, which is apparently never received. Any help would be appreciated! Tony & Marsha

Trip to Russia

Submitted by ecornelius on Fri, 2009-02-06 17:49.

I, too, am planning a trip to Russia this summer with my 17-year-old daughter who I adopted from the Pechory Baby House in 1993. Have you been able to contact your daughter's baby house? Have you tried to locate her birthmother? I'm sorry I don't have any answers for you, just questions, as i begin my own search. Ellen Cornelius

Trip to Russia

Submitted by donnaki on Sun, 2009-04-19 11:58.

We too are going back to Russia this year. This website has the phone numbers for the orphanges all though it is a little dated. The prefix to my son's orphanage had changed. We found our son's birthfamily in November . I joined birthparent search on the yahoo groups. Wealth of information there mnay searchers in Russia listed.

how to get visa

Submitted by aman hallah abd... on Tue, 2008-06-03 07:23.

i want to get visa to travel to Ukrain. i need visa for 90 days. right now i am in BC Canada.

adopting!

Submitted by alex on Thu, 2007-12-27 07:52.

Is it easy to find a billingual child in an Irkutsk orphanage? What are the fees in Rubbles?

Child adoption assistance

Submitted by FedorS on Mon, 2009-11-23 16:52.

Hello from Russia! My name is Fedor Sobolev and I'm a lawyer assisting with child's adoption. As a child-adoption assistant I work for almost 9 years now and uaually assist 4-5 families a year to become a hapy couple with new kid from Russia. Preferably I help to get a child from the regions of Russia such as Chuvashia and Mari El, where I live and where kids look more European. But I'm easy to move around Russia to find a good child for my clients. Irkutsk is in the middle of Russian Siberia where I used to serve in the Soviet Army and know the city. In case you are very much interested in adoption JUST from Irkutsk, I would still like to review your request and will do my best to assist. Please, let me know if you would like to receive all the information about child-adoption (quite a long, but happy and successful process) from Ruusia. I will be more than happy to help you from the very beginning and will be a happy man to see your family enlarged with a new member. My e-mail is sobolevf@gmail.com, please - contact me any time available. Please, reply in any case, even if your decision is negative. Thanks. With regards, Fedor Sobolev, Lawyer and Notary Chamber's member.

I would like to look at a

Submitted by katya26 on Wed, 2007-12-26 06:52.

I would like to look at a photo gallery of kids.

Child adoption assistance

Submitted by FedorS on Mon, 2009-11-23 17:01.

Hello from Russia! My name is Fedor Sobolev and I'm a lawyer assisting with child's adoption. As a child-adoption assistant I work for almost 9 years now and uaually assist 4-5 families a year to become a hapy couple with new kid from Russia. Preferably I help to get a child from the regions of Russia such as Chuvashia and Mari El, where I live and where kids look more European. But I'm easy to move around Russia to find a good child for my clients. As I understood you would like to see the pictures of the clildren from orphanages, but it is almost immpossible and I have tried to do this in the past. To get the pictures of the children someone needs to get the permission from the Ministry of Education of Russia (Regional office), trabel there, shoot pictures and somehow to mail them to you what actually takes tons of trraffic and what is not very much possiblle. My best suggestion is of course: you need to come to Russia to see the child yourself... or - maybe define the age, the sex and the preferences of the child you wish to adopt. After that the search will be more narrowed. Please, let me know if you would like to take first or second way to start from. I will me more than happy to help. Please, let me know if you would like to receive all the information about child-adoption (quite a long, but happy and successful process) from Ruusia. I will be more than happy to help you from the very beginning and will be a happy man to see your family enlarged with a new member. My e-mail is sobolevf@gmail.com, please - contact me any time available. Please, re[ply me with your thoughts. With regards, Fedor Sobolev, Lawyer and Notary Chamber's member.

RE: ADOPTION IN TVER

Submitted by mary on Sun, 2007-05-20 13:43.

hI, JUST RECEIVED A REFERRAL FROM TVER, RUSSIA. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT ORPHANAGE BABY IS IN ON MEDICALS? OUR AGENCY REFERS TO ORPHANAGE AS SPECIAL NEEDS ORPHANAGE- IS ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH THIS? THANK YOU.

Foreign adoption in USA from Russia, Ukraine: documents, requirements. Orphanages

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