Kazakhstan Adoption Program

Children available for adoption
* Both boys and girls are available.
* Children available for adoption are healthy infants, toddlers, and school-aged children, as well as older and special needs children, and represent a variety of ethnicities including Asian, Eurasian, and Caucasian.
* The children reside in orphanages (baby homes).
*Children are available in the following territories:
- Uralsk region;
- Ust-Kamenogorsk region;
- Almaata region;
- Astana

Eligibility requirements
* Married couples and single women are accepted.

Process before travel
* Currently there are short waiting times.
* Parents spend time bonding and getting to know their child before committing to adoption.

Travel requirements
* Various travel options are available.


General information about Kazakhstan
(Information taken from the CIA World Fact Book)

Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe. Native Kazakhs, a mix of Turkic and Mongol nomadic tribes who migrated into the region in the 13th century, were rarely united as a single nation. The area was conquered by Russia in the 18th century, and Kazakhstan became a Soviet Republic in 1936. During the 1950s and 1960s agricultural "Virgin Lands" program, Soviet citizens were encouraged to help cultivate Kazakhstan's northern pastures. This influx of immigrants (mostly Russians, but also some other deported nationalities) skewed the ethnic mixture and enabled non-Kazakhs to outnumber natives. Independence in 1991 caused many of these newcomers to emigrate.

Kazakhstan's economy is larger than those of all the other Central Asian states combined, largely due to the country's vast natural resources and a recent history of political stability.

Current issues include: developing a cohesive national identity; expanding the development of the country's vast energy resources and exporting them to world markets; achieving a sustainable economic growth; diversifying the economy outside the oil, gas, and mining sectors; enhancing Kazakhstan's competitiveness; and strengthening relations with neighboring states and other foreign powers.