It is in a family that children will bloom.
Here is a video showing Russian children adopted by USA families who are growing happy and healthy in their families. All children deserve parents.
Here are the Agencies granted a "Russian Permit for Adoption Activity" (formerly known as 'accredited'). Due to the fact that Russia no longed uses the term 'accredited', and the confusion between Hague Accredited and Russian Accredited agencies, several of us are switching our terminology to reflect the wording that Russia actually uses now which is "Permit for Adoption Activity". You can read a complete explanation from my friend Jim, here: http://russianadoptionhelp.com/index.php?feed=101 (Hague Accreditation is a separate process - conducted in the home country of the agency (i.e. US, Canada, Italy, etc.) Some of these agencies are Hague accredited, some are not.) I am keeping this list "live" along with Hague status here: http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/russiaagency.html Agency Name ~ Russian Permit for Adoption Activity (formerly known as 'accredited') USA ABC Adoption Services Inc ~ 28-Jan-08 Adopt-A-Child ~ 19-Jul-07 Ado
Is your adopted child a citizen? Can you prove it? Can your adult child prove it when you are gone? (Adoptees - read this and replace “your child” with “you”). In order to have citizenship on record with each of these agencies, you must have 3 things: a Certificate of Citizenship or Certificate of Naturalization (for USCIS), a US Passport (for DoS), and a proof of citizenship status update at Social Security Administration or using a proof of citizenship document (the CoC/CoN or Passport) simply having a SS number is not enough. Non-US citizens also have SSN in order to work and pay taxes. This could be vitally important to your child in the future, especially if they are ever arrested (and it does happen) even for something very minor. There are many examples for instance see: http://fpif.org/deporting_adult_adoptees/ Deportations of Adoptees began due to amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which were contained in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immi
There are MANY Russian adoption groups on facebook now. Here are some: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AFCare - for adoptions for Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and other Central Asian EE countries https://www.facebook.com/groups/AdoptStPetersburg - St Petersburg + Leningrad Adoptive Parents and Adoptees https://www.facebook.com/groups/KemerovoAdoption - Kemerovo Adoptive Parents https://www.facebook.com/groups/KrasnodarAdopt - Krasnodar Adoptive Parents and Adoptees https://www.facebook.com/groups/moscowadopt - Moscow Adoptive Parents and Adoptees https://www.facebook.com/groups/TulaAdoption - Tula Russia Adoptive Parents and Adoptees https://www.facebook.com/groups/russianadoptees - Russian Adoptees
And here is a wonderful site of children adopted by Russian parents... Family is what every child needs and deserves.
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