NYHOMESTUDY BLOG

July 25, 2007

We advise American prospective adoptive parents to be aware of possible delays in issuance of Ukrainian passports to Ukrainian adoptive children. On June 26, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that a new foreign passport had been introduced as well as a new centralized procedure for issuing passports. According to the Ministry, regional
passport offices will act as data gathering points and a central office in Kyiv will print and issue all passports. The old passport books are no longer in production and will no longer be provided to local passport issuing offices. Currently valid passports will remain valid until their expiration date.
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July 19, 2007,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) has recently received reports of hepatitis A in children and
adults linked to adoptees from Ethiopia. Hepatitis A is a liver
disease caused by the hepatitis A virus.
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