Regions-- Easiest & Most Difficult
There several different regions in Ukraine. Some are reportedly more difficult to adopt from because they have reputations of never waiving the 30 day wait and are slower in the processing of the paperwork. Though I don't know that I could turn down a referal just because the child is in a harder region to work with. Your facilitator should be more informed than I could ever be, so for now, I am just going to focus on the "easiest" regions.
I will indicate (*) which regions I've heard have almost no detectable after-effects from Chernobyl. Apparently when the incident happened, the winds were blowing in a north-westerly direction so certain regions bore the brunt of it while others were nearly unaffected. (Regions which show a high incidence of cancers and leukemia since Chernobyl are: Rovno/Rivno, Moldova and Belarus.)
1st section is the best; 2nd section is moderate; 3rd section is just "okay" as far as adoption processing and bureaucratic issues:
*Donetsk (far from Kyiv)
Lviv
Kharkiv (economically well-off in comparison because it used to be the capitol)
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*Odessa
*Simferopol (aka Crimnea) (far)
Chernihiv (close to Kyiv)
Zaporizhzhya
Mykolayiv
Zhytomyr (close)
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Chernivstsi
Ivano-Frankivsk
Kherson
Poltava
Sumy
Uzhgorod
*Kyiv
Cherkasy
Kirovograd
*Denepropetrovsk
Rivne
Khmelnytsky
Ternopil
*Lugansk
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All regions I have not included have reputations of being problematic. I certainly would not suggest omitting these regions because those children don't deserve to be overlooked. If there is a child that meets our criteria in one of these unlisted regions, I guess we'll just have to be prepared for difficulties. (I'd love to hear from anyone who has had a decent/good experience in any of the unlisted regions.) These regions are listed here based only on what I've heard about them, on the frequency of adoption, and from other compiled lists I've come across. (That is my attempt at a disclaimer since I am not an expert, just a parent trying to be fully informed.)
http://travel.kyiv.org/map/
posted by stacia & erik @ 9:57 PM
2 Comments:
This is great information and thanks for sharing! I too am in the process of adopting from Ukraine. I have just received my authenticated I-171H and am submitting my completed dossier to the NAC.
I live in Ballard - and am a single mom with twin boys who are 12.
Good luck!
we just brought home two kids from Chernihiv region, city of pryluky. we had no problems. ALL of the people we encountered were happy and kind. and the directors were genuinely happy for their children to have a home. Not one problem along the way. I would adopt there again in a heartbeat. in fact I am already planning to!
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