CONSULAR REGISTRATION OF ADOPTED RUSSIAN CHILDREN

In accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, Russian children adopted by foreign citizens must be registered at with the Russian Embassy or one of its Consulates in the United States upon your return from completing your adoption in Russia. You must register your child within 30 days of returning to the United States. Both the family and the adoption agency are responsible for making sure this requirement is completed.

INITIAL Procedure:

To register your child, please submit to the Consulate General, either in person or by mail (if mailed, you should send notary certified copies) the following documents:

• Completed application for registration
• Original Russian passport your child used to enter the country. (Once the Consulate Generalreceives all documents they will place a registration stamp in your child's passport and issue the Certificate of registration, as a confirmation that your child has been registered with the Consulate General. After that the passport and the Certificate will be mailed back to you) 
• One passport-size picture of your child 
• American passports of parents 
• Adoption certificate 
• Birth certificate (issued after adoption) 
• Russian Court decree/decision on the adoption of your child 
• Prepaid FedEx envelope
• If mailed, you should send notary certified copies)

Where to register 

For full list of consular offices in the USA and regions of their jurisdiction please visit this link: “Russian Consulates in the USA”.

IF YOU MOVE

If adoptive parents change their place of residence, they should notify local consular office and re-register their child at new location.

If you have any questions regarding post-adoption reports and the way they should be submitted, please, do not hesitate to call 202-298-57-69 (from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.)