More updates....

Well it looks like we might be in business soon.

Dear Members of the American Adoption Community Interested in Ukraine:> On January 12, the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) passed law 8680 givinginterim authority over adoptions to the Ministry of Education's NationalAdoption Center (NAC) until the new adoption authority is legallyestablished under the Ministry of Family, Youth, and Sports. The law willcome into effect as soon as it is signed by the President, who has up to 15days to review it.> The NAC has informed us that as soon as the law is signed by thePresident, the center will be reopened. The NAC will then issue a notice tothe adoption community regarding how families whose adoptions were suspendedor whose appointments were scheduled through January may proceed. As soonas the NAC's notice is issued, we will translate it and post it on our webpage, as well as send it to addressees on this e-mail list.> We strongly urge American prospective adoptive families who hadpreviously-scheduled January appointments NOT to travel to Ukraine untilsuch time as the NAC has issued a notice publicly confirming that thoseappointments will be honored.> Please continue to monitor the Embassy's web page for the current statusof adoption processing in Ukraine: http://kiev.usembassy.gov/.> The Embassy will continue to track this and other adoption-related issuesclosely, and provide updates as appropriate. Any American adopting parentswho would like to be added to our e-mail list are welcome to contact us athttp://us.f539.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=adoptionskiev@state.gov&YY=22956&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b .> Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any additional questions.> Sincerely,> Adoption Unit/Immigrant Visa Section> Consular Section> American Embassy> Kyiv, Ukraine> Tel: 38-044-4904422> Fax: 38-044-490-4570> http://us.f539.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=adoptionskiev@state.gov&YY=22956&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b >