Come on. . . .Really?

Just heard from our agency (via email on the Friday before a 3 day weekend) that Ukraine now requires a home study to be less than 6 months old at the time we submit our dossier (11/11).  Ours will not be less than six months old, so we must update between now and submission.

What does this include?  Paying for our social worker to do an update.  Re-doing child abuse clearances, criminal checks, medical evaluations, finances, and references.  Sounds like a whole new home study to me!

I'm hoping that we can "piggy-back" on some of the info required for the dossier - like medicals and criminal checks.  Also hoping that our references can just change the dates on their letters and still count as references.

Cliff seems to think this new requirement could be fallout from the Russian adoption issue earlier this year. Maybe, but we both agree it doesn't really matter.  We have to do it, so we do it.


6/1/2010 UPDATE:

Talked to our agency today.  Turns out the update is specific to the state in which the adoptive parents reside.  Their email gave the requirements for the state where the agency is - which is not our state.  So now I have to find out what our state requires for a "complete" update.  Sounds like I need to contact our social worker. . . .Stay tuned. . . .