Ukrainian
Adoption with New Horizons' Hosting Program
Benefits of working with An Open Door Adoption Agency
- An Open Door Adoption Agency is experienced since 1987.
- The agency has completed over 1500 adoptions.
- Member of Joint Council for International Children’s Services.
- We have completed adoptions for NHFC families since 2002.
- We can work with families in any state.
- We can facilitate adoptions from NHFC hosting program in Ukraine.
- Experience in Ukraine since 1999.
- Excellent relationships with in-country facilitator.
- All Christian staff at An Open Door.
- We can help you find an accredited home study agency in any state outside of Georgia.
- An Open Door Adoption Agency is Hague accredited (requirement for Latvian adoptions).
- Georgia families can complete a home study in advance of hosting at a partial fee of only $525, with nothing more due if you decide not to adopt. This can save you time and money by preparing a full home study in advance instead of just a preliminary safety visit, which would leave you starting the home study after your child returns to their orphanage. This advance home study will enable you to send your dossier several months sooner. The full price of a home study will be due only if the family decides to adopt.
- Also, Georgia families can obtain FBI and GBI fingerprint clearances within two to five business days, again to greatly expedite your home study.
- Preparation of dossier for families.
Representative dedicated to NHFC families: Please contact Cathy Sawyer at: 404.667.0694 or Email: cathy@opendooradoption.com for further information.
Adoption Process
- Application to Open Door Adoption Agency
- Service Agreement
- Home Study (we can begin your home study before your child is hosted, if you live in the State of Georgia)
- USCIS approval
- Dossier Preparation
- Documents sent to country
- Referral Received
- Travel (one or two trips to Ukraine)
- Return home with your child
Financial Resources Available
The Adoption Tax Credit becomes a fully refundable credit of $13,170 per child in 2011.
A credit of $12,170 applies in 2010.
Open Door placement fees are reduced by the full $2,500 hosting cost for New Horizon families.
Additional grants, scholarships, and interest-free loans are available to qualified families.
Georgia families can complete a home study in advance of hosting at a partial fee of only $525, with nothing more due if you decide not to adopt.
A complete home study, prior to hosting, would save several months of time in submitting your dossier. This could enable you to finish your adoption prior to the next hosting period which would save the $2,500 cost of hosting again while the adoption is pending.
Travel Process
Ukraine offers an excellent opportunity to adopt school age Caucasian children. After meeting their child through the Hosting Program, families submit their adoption documents (dossier) to Ukraine. A few months after a family submits their dossier to the country, an invitation is issued and travel is scheduled. The family will travel to Kiev, where they are met by the bilingual staff of An Open Door and proceed to the region where the child lives. Our facilitator in Kiev will coordinate your entire adoption process in Ukraine. You will spend a week of bonding time with your child in the city of their orphanage. Once you confirm your choice of the child, you will proceed to a court hearing to grant your adoption.
The good news is that the adoption process should only take three to four months from the submission of your dossier. The final step of obtaining an immigrant visa is completed in just a few days. Then you will be on your way home with your child. A total of approximately 30 days in the country is required to complete the adoption. This can be done in one or two trips.
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