We have been working in Kazakhstan since 1999, and we completed our first adoptions there in 2000. We have been placing children from the same orphanage for over 9 years now - we have a great working relationship there, and we love seeing the improvements that have been made over the years.

  This program involves preparing your dossier, traveling to Kazakhstan to choose your child and completing your adoption. You will choose your child from the children who have been cleared for international adoption by the Ministry of Education in the orphanage where we work and complete your adoption while you are in country.  We work only in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, in one orphanage called Shapagat (formerly Mylutka).  We have been working in this orphanage for over nine years.  We do not know how many children you will see on your visit.  Presently, you will make two trips to complete the adoption when adopting from Kazakhstan.  The first trip is approximately 26 days including travel days. Both parents have to stay during this time before court and will leave following court. There is an approximate 35 day wait in-between trips, after which your child is escorted to Almaty where at least one of the adoptive parents must return for a few days to complete the Embassy procedure. Escorting of your child back to the United States may be possible, which would eliminate the second trip to Kazakhstan. The children available for adoption are normally between 6 months and 1 year - sometimes there are children up to the age of 2 years - and occasionally there are sibling groups available, with the oldest child being up to age 5. You must be open to Caucasian, Asian, and Bi-racial (Caucasian/Asian) race children, of either sex, if adopting through this program.  They are all beautiful and in need of your love!

  Once we receive your dossier, you will travel approximately 3-5 months later - this timeframe includes translating your dossier, processing it at the Kazakhstan Consulate in NYC, and through the Ministries in Kazakhstan. 

  This program is open to married couples and single women.  Women (both married and single) cannot be over the age of 49 at the time of the adoption.  For more information on this and other requirements, please contact our office at 910.763.4414.

  For more information on our Kazakhstan program, please fill out the information request form on the contact page of our website.

Revised 03/19/09