Has anybody gone through a blind adoption from Kazakhstan?

Question

I know in an international adoption from Kazakhstan it is a blind adoption meaning that you don't get to see the child or have any information about her/him before you go to pick the child up. Has anybody gone through this process or have a friend that has? Any details about what happens would be great. Thanks.

Answer 1

I know the Ukraine has a program like this.  The adoptive family submits their dossier to the Ukrainan government and then the government invites the family to come to the Ukraine.  They are introduced to a few different children and have to make a choice.

Personally, I don't think I could have handled that.  

We adopted from Liberia, through the more customary process of receiving a referral.  

Answer 2

if they dont give you details of the child or anything before you go pick it up dont you think that there says something to you, doesnt it sound alarm bells off in your head, consider this, you could be given a child with aids??? which would be fine at first you would love it and grow attached to it only to have it die in your arms a short while after you adopted it and grew fond of it, after all that time and money??? the child could have diseases it self, informalities, bone diseases, so many things that will end upo costing you more than momey and your own health but also yur own insanity, there are so many children in your own country that need homes and families it should be considered firstly

Answer 3

My wife and I lived in India for a few years and while there we adopted.  We chose not to have the opportunity to walk into the orphanage and look over the children.  Instead we put our faith in the Sisters who ran the place (one of Mother Theresa's orphanages) and trusted that they would assist us by making a good match.  

In our situation a child was chosen and all of the details were given to our lawyer who in turn relayed them to us so that we had time to consider all of the available information before we agreed to drive out to the orphanage and pick her up.  It wasn't totally blind but then again we had the luxury of living there and having the time to consider what was best for the child and for our family.

To do something totally blind as you mention, especially from so far away from the child, sends up all kinds of alarm bells in my mind.  The potential for getting ripped off financially are huge.  The potential for getting taken advantage of emotionally is just as huge in my mind.  And lastly, the potential for getting in over your head with a child that possibly has undisclosed issues would worry me as well.  

I certainly don't mean to imply that children with issues should not be adopted.  On the contrary they are the children who most need loving homes but at the same time the loving homes need to be prepared for the child and the family needs to know going into it all that this is a lifelong commitment which may be harder then the adoption of a child without issues.  

While I can't speak to your specific questions all I can do is stress that what ever you decide to do is your own business but be careful and watch out for your best interests throughout the process.