Uzbekistan

Children Available:
Children are available from 5-6 months up to 14 years of age. Two unrelated children may be adopted at once and sibling groups are available. Children are generally healthy.

Travel Requirements:
Two trips are required and both parents are required to travel to the Uzbekistan from two to three weeks for the first trip to visit your child(children) and attend the necessary official appointments, including the special commission called the HOKIMAT. The second trip will be for approximately one week where the visa is applied for at the American Embassy. Only one parent needs to take this second trip.

Length of Process:
Adoptions from Uzbekistan can take up to one year starting with the dossier preparation.

Criteria:
The age limit of adoptive parents is at least 25 years of age and no more than 55 years of age. Parents must be at least 15 years older than the adopted child. Single people and married couples may adopt. Couples should be married at least one year. Previously divorced individuals may also adopt.

Interesting Facts:
Under Uzbek law, the Guardianship and Trusteeship Organ (GTO) of each local Mayor’s office is responsible for settlement of orphans. Adoptive parents will submit documents to a local Mayor through its GTO. U.S. This is a new program, so there could be many changes that adoptive parents should understand.

The government offices responsible for intercountry adoptions are the Uzbek Ministry of Education and the local Mayor's office (“Hokimiat”) in the region where the adoption takes place.

The dossier is notarized and legalized at the Secretary of State. After that the dossier will be sent for an authentication by the Uzbek Embassy in the Washington DC, United States. After that the dossier sent to Uzbekistan for translation into Uzbek or Russian. It is submitted to the Ministry of Education in Uzbekistan for authentication.

The parents will receive pictures and medical reports of their referral in about one month of dossier submission. Once the parents accept the referral travel can be anywhere from 3 to 6 months after. The parents will travel to Tashkent or Samarkand or other regions of Uzbekistan.

Fees:
For more information on the fees involved
in a Uzbekistan adoption click here.

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