We are once again preparing to file a post-adoption report with the Russian government. All in all, we need to file four post adoption reports: at six months and one year after adoptio (ones we've already completed), at two years (due this year) and a final one in 2014 at three years after adoption. We're filing these primarily because we promised we would: Elena is still a Russian citizens, and the state has an understandable interest in her welfare.
Last year, though, there was the added incentive that not filing the required post-adoption report could affect those families that were currently in the middle of their adoption process in a negative way. This year, however, the Russian governement halted US adoption of Russian orphans, so there are no American families currently in the middle of their adoption process.
We're still filing, of course, and preparing the report gives us an opportunity to look over the last year's worth of pictures; always fun for any reason. But it's a bit sad that our timely filing won't actually make a damn bit of difference to anyone.
Last year, though, there was the added incentive that not filing the required post-adoption report could affect those families that were currently in the middle of their adoption process in a negative way. This year, however, the Russian governement halted US adoption of Russian orphans, so there are no American families currently in the middle of their adoption process.
We're still filing, of course, and preparing the report gives us an opportunity to look over the last year's worth of pictures; always fun for any reason. But it's a bit sad that our timely filing won't actually make a damn bit of difference to anyone.
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