Here is a list of documents (Dossier) for adoption to be submitted to Adoption Center in Kiev, Ukraine, for your approval and registration as Prospective Parent(s):

1. Petition Letter requesting your registration as Prospective Parent(s).

2. Commitment Letter confirming your obligation to register a child in Ukrainian Consulate on the territory of the United States.

3. Home Study with favourable recommendation.

4. License of adoption agency that signed favourable determination.

5. Your preliminary approval by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, Form I-171H

6. Your Passport(s).

7. Your Marriage Certificate (for couples).

8. Police clearance(s) issued by your residence State authorities.

9. Medical Conclusion(s), the specific Form required by Ukrainian Adoption Law is mandatory.

10. Your family income proof.

You may also want to issue a Power-Of-Attorney for your facilitator - Interpreter to represent you on the territory of Ukraine.

12. The Center for the Adoption of Children, within 20 working days, considers the application lodged by Ukrainian nationals residing outside the limits of Ukraine and by aliens. In case of positive decision, the Center registers the applicant as a candidate for the adopter and enters the information on him/her in the register of candidates for adopters. The date when candidates for adopters may come to obtain, from the centralized database, information on children who may be adopted is fixed upon agreement with the Center for the Adoption of Children. Whenever the registration is refused, a written motivated reply shall be sent to the applicant together with the documents he/she has submitted. /Abstract from Resolution of the Cabinet Of Ministers Of Ukraine # 1377 - On approval of the Procedure for registration of children who may be adopted, of the persons who wish to adopt a child, as well as for control of the respect for rights of the adopted children/

The Independent Ukrainian adoption process starts from preparation documents in the United States. You should submit the required paperwork to National Adoption Center in Kiev, Ukraine.