Please contact us for a free case-by-case consultation. CAN updates these guidelines as necessary. If you would like more information about our program, our specialized adoption consultants are standing by to help!
To have your questions answered, call us today at 1. The time frame to complete international adoption from Russia is currently about 12 to 16 months, depending on the time families take to complete their dossier paperwork, their preferences for age and gender, and country processes. This time frame is subject to change; please consult CAN for the most current processing times for your adoption from Russia.
Our Russian adoption fees are among the lowest available. We strive to keep costs low so that we may help as many children as possible find their loving, forever family.
For a full list of program fees for your adoption from Russia, please request our Children of All Nations Outreach Guide. To adopt a child, please complete our agency application. For your convenience, you may access the application online.
We will promptly review your eligibility to adopt from Russia once we receive your application. If approved, we will provide you with our agency contract that outlines our fees, services and important information regarding the Russia adoption process.
Upon receipt of your signed contract, CAN will start to provide you with placement services for children from Russia. Once your agency contract is in place, it is time to start assembling your dossier. This will include a home study, which will assess your readiness for international adoption from Russia and help prepare you for adoptive parenthood, filing with USCIS for international adoption approval, and gathering your dossier documents.
All dossier documents must go through the appropriate notarization, certification and authentication processes before being sent to Russia. We offer a complete Dossier Preparation Service to ease your international adoption process and give you peace of mind. To ensure that prospective adoptive parents are prepared for their international adoption journey, our agency requires that parents complete 80 hours of adoption training as mandated by the Hague Convention. For an overview of the program, please click here.
Please contact us for more information regarding adoption from Russia. The matching process may take anywhere from one month to nine months, depending on the region and the age and number of children you wish to adopt, or if they have special needs. First, in an American woman adopted a Russian boy in September.
She sent him back to Russia with a note saying that he had mental issues, but the orphanage was trying to get rid of him. The orphanage gave the boy back to her in April , but the woman refused and said she could no longer handle or take care of him. Not very long after that event, an year-old Russian boy who was adopted by an American couple was found in a port city in Russia.
The boy said that he fled from his adoptive parents because his mom was verbally abusing him. Another possible reason for the law against foreign adoption is that President Putin and the Parliament are scared that a Russian child adopted into another country might forget about his or her own heritage and culture. Putin and Russian policymakers are scared that these orphans will be forced to learn a new culture and forget about their native culture and about the country they derived it from.
However, these problems can be solved without forbidding foreign adoptions. The Russian parliament said that they would only keep this law until there is an agreement made with all countries that want to adopt Russian orphans. If you wish to remain on travel. Cancel GO. Skip to main content.
Gov Travel. Passports International Travel U. Stay Connected. Law Enforcement. Intercountry Adoption. Russian Federation. Travel Advisory. Monitor local media for breaking events and adjust your plans based on news information. Stay alert in locations frequented by Westerners. Have travel documents up to date and easily accessible. Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter. Review the Crime and Safety Report s for Russia. Are Intercountry Adoptions between this country and the United States possible?
Intercountry adoptions are not currently possible between Russia and the United States. Previously, the Ministry of Education and Science held jurisdiction over guardianship and adoption issues. Hague Convention Information. The initial post-adoption home study should be done at least five months after the court order granting adoption goes into effect, and the post-adoption report is due no later than the end of the seventh month.
The second post-adoption home study should be done at eleven months after the court order granting adoption goes into effect, and the post-adoption report is due no later than the end of the 13th month after the court order.
The third post-adoption home study should be done 23 months after the court order granting adoption goes into effect, and the post-adoption report is due no later than the end of the 25th month after the court order. The fourth post-adoption home study should be done 35 months after the court order granting adoption goes into effect, and the post-adoption report is due no later than the end of the 37th month after the court order.
Moscow, Post - Adoption Resources Many adoptive parents find it important to find support after the adoption. Government links does not imply endorsement of contents. Contact Information. Last Updated: March 17, Assistance for U. Embassy Moscow. Bolshoy Deviatinsky Pereulok No. Russian Federation Map. View Larger Map. Petersburg and Tomsk. Until we are able to obtain a permit for in-country activities, we are partnering with other agencies which hold permits and have temporarily assumed responsibility for our in-country staff.
We continue to maintain an office and staff in Moscow as a registered Non-Governmental Organization. Get Started Not ready to talk? Where do you live? Donate Blog Contact. Some orphanages specialize in children with special needs, such as learning disabilities, vision impairments, orthopedic problems, etc. Many times children who have not been put in school by their parents will be assigned to orphanages where they will receive more remedial assistance, even though their intellectual capabilities may be good.
Married couples or single women may apply to adopt from Russia. We require that the adopting parents be no more than 45 years older than the child, although this requirement may be relaxed somewhat in the cases of older children.
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