According to a January 13, 2012 post on the US State Department website (http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=notices&alert_notice_file=kazakhstan_1), Kazakhstan's President recently signed into law the new Family and Marriage Code. This is a big step towards possibly reopening Kazakhstan for intercountry adoptions in 2012. However, before any adoptions might be able to move forward, several things will need to occur, including:
1. If you have a dossier in Kazakhstan and were not matched with a child before 12/15/10, you will need to refile your dossier in accordance with the requirements set forth by the Hague Convention.
2. An adoption process that complies with the Hague Convention will need to be up and running in Kazakhstan. At present, the Ministry of Education is waiting for government approval of its new policies to accredit agencies and process adoptions. Apparently the details of the new adoption law were published on January 7th and became effective 10 days later (on January 17th). The US State Department website, however, does not indicate that Kazakhstan is currently open for intercountry adoptions yet.
3. Adoption agencies will need to go through an accreditation process in Kazakhstan before they will be allowed to process intercountry adoptions for foreigners wishing to adopt children from Kazakhstan.
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