Useful Links
Useful Links
U.S. Government:
Office of Children's Issues (overview of intercountry adoption, country-specific information)
U. S. Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Office of Children's Issues
SA-29
2201 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: 1-888-407-4747; 202-501-4444
E-mail: AdoptionUSCA@state.gov
(information on hiring an attorney, authenticating documents, country conditions, and more)
Immigrant Visa Unit
21 Novinskiy Boulevard
123242 Moscow, Russia
7-495-728-5000, switchboard
7-495-728-5567, adoption visas
E-mail: MoscowConsularR@state.gov
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
National Customer Service Center (NCSC): 1-800-375-5283
7-495-728-5550
E-mail: moscow.adoptions@dhs.gov
Russian Government:
Ministry of Education and Science (government agency responsible for adoptions)
Department of Upbringing and Socialization of Children (adoption unit)
51 Lusinovskaya St.
Moscow, Russia 115998
Tel: 7-499-237-5874
Russian Embassy, Washington, DC
Consular Division, Embassy of the Russian Federation
1825 Phelps Place, NW
Washington DC, 20008
Tel: 202-939-8913 /07
Fax: 202-483-7579 /8909
Russia also has consulates in New York, Houston, San Francisco, and Seattle.
Additional Information
Department of State Russia Adoption Flyer
Apostille Guide. The Hague Permanent Bureau has updated its Apostille webpage and included a new guide for the public, “The ABCs of Apostilles”