Kazakhstan August 21, 2012 Alert: Kazakhstan Suspends Intercountry Adoptions The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan informed the U.S. Embassy in Astana on August 9 that Kazakhstan is suspending intercountry adoptions to the United States, effective immediately. Ambassador Susan Jacobs, Special Advisor for Children’s Issues, met with government officials in Kazakhstan on August 16 to address the Ministry’s concerns. The …
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DOS Adoption Notice: Adoptions from Kazakhstan to Begin With Approval of U.S. ASPs
Kazakhstan May 10, 2012 Adoption Notice: Adoptions from Kazakhstan to Begin With Approval of U.S. ASPs The Ministry of Education and Science, the Central Authority of Kazakhstan, has confirmed approval of two U.S. accredited adoption service providers (ASPs) to process Hague Convention adoptions from Kazakhstan to the United States. The ASPs are: Little Miracles and Across the World Adoptions. …
DOS Adoption Notice Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Approval of New Hague Convention Adoption Process
Kazakhstan April 5, 2012Kazakhstan Approval of New Hague Convention Adoption Process The Ministry of Education and Science, the Central Authority of Kazakhstan, has confirmed that the governmental decree approving its new policies to process intercountry adoptions and accredit adoption agencies in Kazakhstan goes into effect on Thursday, April 5, 2012. The Government of Kazakhstan will begin accepting applications for accreditation …
DOS Adoption Notice: Kazakhstan – New Family and Marriage Code Signed into Law
Kazakhstan New Family and Marriage Code Signed into Law U.S. Mission Kazakhstan has reported that President Nazarbayev signed into law the new Family and Marriage Code on December 26, 2011. The Ministry of Education now awaits government approval of its new policies to accredit agencies and process adoptions. The Department will post information on the new accreditation process and the …
DOS Adoption Alert: Kazakhstan
Adoption AlertU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ January 13, 2011 According to the Government of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Education (MoE), all pending adoption dossiers that were not matched with children by December 15, 2010, will be returned and will have to be re-filed as Hague Convention cases once the Hague Convention is fully implemented. The Department …
DOS Adoption Alert: Kazakhstan
KazakhstanAdoption AlertU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues November 24, 2010 According to the Government of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Education plans to match all families with pending adoption dossiers with children before December 15, 2010. Once these matches are made, the adopting parents will be invited to travel to Kazakhstan for the mandatory three-week bonding period …
DOS: Adoption Alert Kazakhstan
KazakhstanAdoption AlertU.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues November 1, 2010 The Government of Kazakhstan has reinstated the expedited passport service for adopted children. Adoptive parents or their service provider can now pay a fee for approximately $14 to expedite passport processing. The process takes about 7 working days to complete. http://adoption.state.gov/news/kazakhstan.html Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All …
DOS: Adoption Alert Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues September 9, 2010 A new Kazakh passport requirement has created a processing delay for all passports of about three months. This delay directly affects inter-country adoptions since adoptive children must acquire a passport before they can travel to the United States. Although applicants could previously pay a …
PEAR Cautionary Statement on Kazakhstan Adoptions
In August 2010, PEAR issued a cautionary statement on adoptions from Kazakhstan. After being contacted with concerns by a prospective adoptive parent, we decided to temporarily remove the announcement, review it before the full board, and we wish to clarify it as follows: PEAR has become aware of current problems in some regions of Kazakhstan that could affect pending and …
USDOS: Kazakhstan Adoption Alert
Kazakhstan Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues June 29, 2010 In May 2010, the Kazakhstani Embassy in Washington and Consulate General in New York stopped accepting new intercountry adoption dossiers. The Kazakhstani government said this policy on new adoption cases will remain in effect until the Hague Adoption Convention (the Convention) enters into force …