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As if International Adoption wasn’t difficult enough, a new warning was posted on the Department of States website yesterday about the status of adoptions from Kyrgyzstan. The Department of State (DOS) is now recommending that U.S. Citizens not move forward with adoptions from this Eastern European country.
According to contacts in country, no cases are being processed at this time and the Government in Kyrgyzstan isn’t offering any insight into the reason behind this recent turn of events.
In addition to the apparent halt of international adoptions, there have also been reports that some Kyrgyz citizens may have been denied approval to adopt over the last year, while the approval of intercountry adoptions continues.
There has been some news, although unverified by the Kyrgyz Government, that changes are being made to the process in an attempt to strengthen internal controls and develop new legislation which would govern the adoption process in Kyrgyzstan.
If you are in the process of adopting a child from Kyrgyzstan, please contact your adoption professional and find out what you need to do moving forward. We will do our best to keep our readers updated on the current events taking place in Kyrgyzstan as well as in other countries.
