Kazakhstan Adoption

U.S. Department of State  Bureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues announced that all Americans who had not been matched with children by December 15, 2010, would have their dossiers returned.

The reason? Kazakhstan, in an effort to become a party the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, is undergoing a review of its intercountry adoption policies in an effort to reform its process.

Kazakhstan

Although this decision had been expected since last fall, there is no sign that reforms are significantly closer to being implemented, nor that the intercountry adoption process will open again in the near future.

Kazakhstan adoption is similar to an international adoption from Russia: the children are either abandoned or removed from their homes and placed in orphanages. Not all children in the orphanages are eligible for adoption because some are placed there temporarily by their parents for a variety of reasons. The children in Kazakhstan are thought to be a little healthier and less likely to be affected by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Effect due to the Muslim population, although they are not strict adherents to religious edicts (there are no statistics that I am aware of concerning this, although I do have information about a generally lower alcohol consumption rate in Kazakhstan vs. Russian Federation). The orphanages are generally good, many with doctors, music programs, and good caregiver ratios. Infants may be adopted as young as six months old. The children are usually either ethnically Kazakh or Russian, although there are other ethnic backgrounds and mixes as well.

Basic requirements for Kazaskstan Adoption

Typical Age of waiting children

6 months - 3 years

Requirements to Adopt

Married couples or singles

Approximate Total Adoption Cost

$30,000

Approximate Waiting Time

0-4 months for boys; 6-10 months for girls

Travel Requirements

30-45 days in country (broken up into two trips)

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