There is a very short wait for referral after completion of the home study, usually only a few weeks. Please contact FCA if you would like more information about this exciting, growing program. Some infants between 8 and 12 months old are also available, but the referral time for an infant may be longer. There should not be more that 45 years between the age of the adoptive mother and the child. The trip usually takes less than two weeks.
Families fly in and out of Moscow, and travel by plane or train to the orphanage region.
Both parents must travel. Professional staff at FCA is available by e-mail and phone during the adoption process in Russia. A dossier is a compilation of documents required by the central court in the region of adoption. We work very closely with parents in preparing dossier documents. This involves filing the I-600 A form and submitting fingerprints to the local INS office.