Kazakhstan Adoption Travel Requirements

Children's House International provides 3 trip options in order to meet the needs of adoptive families:

1. Traditional 1-Trip option: Adoptive parents will travel to Almaty, then on to the adoptive region, and stay for the entire adoptive process. Depending on the region, parents will be required to stay in country from 6 to 8 weeks. This time in country includes the 14-day bonding period and court, the 15-day wait and time required in Almaty to complete the adoption process.

2. 2-Trip option: Adoptive parents will travel to Almaty, then on to the adoptive region, and stay for the 14-day bonding period and court (approximately 21 days in-country). One or both parents may leave the region after court for the duration of the waiting period. One or both parents would return to the region to rejoin their child(ren), and complete the adoption process. The second trip would require approximately 5 days in country.

3. Escort option: Adoptive parents will travel to Almaty, then on to the adoptive region, and stay for the 14-day bonding period and court (approximately 21 days in-country). The adoptive parents would then leave the country. The regional coordinator will complete the adoption process, and escort the child(ren) to the US to meet the adoptive parents. * The escort option is available at the pleasure and discretion of the regional orphanage director, and availability cannot be guaranteed.

How long is the waiting time for referral?

Once a referral has been confirmed and the dossier has been completed and received by Children's House International, travel to Kazakhstan should be granted in approximately six to eight weeks. It may be a little quicker or slower than the estimate but it will depend on the number of cases the courts in Kazakhstan are hearing.