Two trips are required of families adopting from Russia. The first trip involves the parents visiting the child with limited or no information on this child prior to the first trip. Parents travel again to complete their adoption approximately 2 to 4 months from the time they accept a referral of a child after the first trip, assuming their paperwork is completed and is accepted by adoption officials. Because an appearance before the court is required to finalize the international adoption, both parents are required to travel.
Following the court hearing, a 10-day wait is required for the adoption decree to go into effect. In almost all cases, the 10 day wait will not be waived. Following the receipt of the adoption decree, the family obtains a new birth certificate and passport for their child in the region of the adoption. Next the family travels back to Moscow to process the child's U.S. immigrant visa at the U.S. embassy. If a family chooses to come home to the US during the 10 day appeal period, the finalization will be completed in two trips. The first trip for court will take approximately 7 days, including travel and the second trip to finalize the paperwork after the court hearing will take approximately 14 days, including travel. While in Russia, parents are accompanied by a translator and/or an agency representative at all times.
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Based on the scenarios that Kim just went through with their Vietnam adoption... when you get confirmation, you only have a very short period of time to react, so be prepared to travel within a couple of day's notice! Let me know what we can do to help you prepare to travel or while you're away. Todd can security check your house!
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