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Kazakhstan

Our representative in Kazakhstan was officially recognized by the foreign ministry in 1999

Kazakhstan invites approved adoptive parents to visit their orphanages in order to pick out their own child.

The children: Russian and Asian girls and boys of seven months and older become available for adoption. The majority of children available are Kazakh. Kazakhs are a mixture of Turkish and Mongolian. The children are registered in a data bank and well cared for in government orphanages.

Qualifications:  Couples married at least one year and between the ages of 21 and 55 are eligible to adopt. Single women must be 25 years of age. Both spouses must be US citizens.

The wait and the process: Approximately three to six months after approval of the adoptive parent’s dossier by the ministry in Kazakhstan, prospective parents are notified regarding an invitation to travel to visit children in the region. Both parents must be present to select the child and stay for a bonding period of 14 days, at which time the judge sets the court hearing. Depending on the date of the court hearing you can return home or wait out the time in Kazakhstan. After the court hearing there is a 15-day waiting period. When the 15 days are completed, our representative helps the families obtain the child’s birth certificate and adoption decree. Then one or both spouses travel to Almaty to obtain the child’s passport, complete the U.S. Embassy approved medical examination, and obtain the U.S. orphan visa. After the orphan visa, one or both parents fly to Astana to register the child.

Destinations: Adoptive parents make their own travel arrangements in cooperation with their international case worker and our LNI representative. They fly via Amsterdam or Frankfurt to Almaty, Kazakhstan. All travel arrangements within Kazakhstan will be made with the assistance of our representative.