Finally got a scanned copy of our appointment letter! Not that we were really worried (yeah right!), but it's nice to SEE the appointment date and our registration number. Our registration number is in the late 500's and it was assigned on March 28, 2007 according to the letter. Reading the English translation of the appointment letter is funny though - it was obviousely translated by someone at the SDA who is not fully fluent in English and so parts of it are confusing.
It does say that we should call and confirm our "arrival" but I am not sure if this means they want us to call them when we actually arrive in Ukraine or if they want us to confirm that this appointment date is acceptable to us before we travel....
The part of even more debate in the Ukrainian Adoption community is the final paragraph of the letter concerning the ages of available children...here is a word for word reprint of this paragraph from OUR letter:
"At the same time we are writting to inform you that considerable part of children available for adoption are older than 5-6 years and have some problems with health. The overwhelming majority of them have siblings and their seperation from each other is not allowed. We request you take into consideration these facts when planning the visit to Ukraine."
Finally, the letter is signed by the deputy director of the SDA, who I assume was the acting director at the time - Mr. Grytsenko.
