As the staff with our Kazakh agency has told us, it is difficult to predict your exact timing and we should not use other people’s timing for reference since each case is unique. That makes sense, but how are we seriously supposed to keep from speculating? The process for adopting from Kazakhstan has many steps, and the time to complete each step varies. We have finished the first big step after dossier submittal – translation and are now at the Consulate in NY. From there our dossier (which is kind of like a paper version of us) will go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Astana, then the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Astana, and the Department of Education (DOE) in our assigned region.
Timing:
At consulate Average of 2 months
At ministries 1-3 months
Receive Letter of Invitation (LOI), which is our approval to travel Average of 2 months
Travel prior to final adoption 2 months
So based on this, the most likely time we would begin travel is July or August, but not much happens during the hottest summer months in Kazakhstan, so we really do not know anything. I have agreed to do at least one long-term out-of-town project based on these projections, so hopefully I will get caught off guard and have to come home early!
Timing:
At consulate Average of 2 months
At ministries 1-3 months
Receive Letter of Invitation (LOI), which is our approval to travel Average of 2 months
Travel prior to final adoption 2 months
So based on this, the most likely time we would begin travel is July or August, but not much happens during the hottest summer months in Kazakhstan, so we really do not know anything. I have agreed to do at least one long-term out-of-town project based on these projections, so hopefully I will get caught off guard and have to come home early!
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