Ukraine Adoption Expenses

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Ukraine Program Fee Includes the following services:

• Courier Costs
• Facilitator will translate dossier into Ukrainian
• Facilitator will obtain appointment for couple
• Facilitator will meet the couple at the airport, arrange accommodations and take them to their appointment
• Translator will accompany couple throughout their entire trip
• All official fees/costs, cost of child's birth certificate, cost of child's passport, court fees, authentication/apostille fees in Ukraine/any expediting fees. All necessary documents in Ukraine prior to and after adoption.
• Orphanage donation

In addition to these fees, families will need to be prepared to pay the following:

• Travel to/from Ukraine
• Costs in Kiev and the region (see attached breakdown of costs below)
• Train/plane transportation to region for couple and translator (see breakdown below)
• Driver in the region (see breakdown below)
• USCIS processing fee $545
• Fingerprint costs for USCIS if you live within the U.S. $70
• Apostille fees for document seals ($100-400)
• Child's U.S. Visa ($480)
• Meals in Ukraine for couple ($25-50 per day per person)
• On line education as per Hague requirements ($120/$30.00 per class).

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Fee	Fee Title	Notes
$7,150 To CHI	CHI Agency & Program Fee	Covers CHI application fee, agency fee, dossier assistance and program coordination fees.
$16,320 To CHI	Ukraine In-Country Fee	Covers all adoption-related expenses within Ukraine, including the orphanage donation, but excluding logistics expenses, which are listed below.
$3,500-$5,000	Travel Expenses*	This is an estimate for a 30-day in-country stay. Variations are possible depending on the length of travel, regional distances, accommodations availability and means of travel. Estimated that the driver is available for 25 days, the translator is available for 15 days. 30-day stay is an estimate only based on an assumption that identification of a child will take place after on the 2nd appointment. Included are travel expenses for 2 trips to regions. Covers family's and translator's accommodations, meals, transportation, in-country travel, translator, airport transfers. Billed in fractions on a weekly basis according to the incurred actual costs. Expenses associated with the 10-day waiting period are not included. If a family opts to stay in Ukraine for the 10 days, the supplemental cost is estimated at $1,700.
$480	Visa and Embassy fees (adoptive parents' responsibility)	Payment for a mandatory child's medical evaluation as part of a US immigrant visa application ($100). US Embassy immigration visa fees ($380).

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* Estimations of Travel Expenses are based on the following calculations:

Accommodations	$1800	30 days X $60
Driver	$1000	25 days X $40
Translator	$625	25 days X $25
Translator's accommodations	$300	15 days X $20
Translator's food	$150	15 days X $10
Travel	$600	2 regions X $200
Airport transfers	$80
Total	$4555

Note #1: the Agency fee is non refundable and due at the time that homestudy is approved Fee is transferable to other CHI programs in the event a suitable referral cannot be located in Ukraine or due to country-specific problems such as program closings, war, adverse changes to their laws, etc.

Note #2: $1,020 of foreign fee is sent to Ukraine with your dossier. Remaining $15,300 of foreign fees are paid to CHI prior to sending your dossier to Ukraine but are not sent to Ukraine until the family is in country and receives a referral. In the event that a family declines a referral upon their visit to Ukraine, they may transfer any foreign fees that have not been incurred to another program If a referral is not accepted, the facilitator may charge an appropriate fee which is dependent on the amount of time and effort they have spent on behalf of the family.