23/07/2023
Good morning Lotus Family,
We want to give you an update on what is happening in the field of surrogacy worldwide.
In Georgia the Government has decided to ban surrogacy for non-citizens and starting from January 1 2024 they will not allow new surrogacy contracts to be signed. There is a big shortage of surrogates in Georgia and we have been helped by surrogates from Ukraine, since the waiting time for local surrogates usually takes up to 10 months.
Kazakhstan is a good option to also consider to have your surrogacy journey, though the bureaucracy is complicated and parents need to fly to Kazakhstan to sign the surrogate contract (also in case surrogate will be replaced), before they can start the program.
Ukraine remains, in our professional opinion, the best place for intended parents to go and do there surrogacy program. The western part of Ukraine is totally safe, and the war is not felt there. There are plenty of surrogates available in the western part of Ukraine, ready to start.
Unlike what some, self-proclaimed expert has mistakenly claimed, the Governments of Great Britain, Australia and the U.S. are fully supportive and supporting parents that engage in surrogacy in Ukraine.
UK, US and Australian embassies have decided that the emergency process that was required for them to do, is no longer necessary and the exit process including the baby receiving the passport, is now, exactly the way it was before the war, where American citizens travel to the American embassy in Ukraine, the Australian citizens travel to Warsaw to pick up the passport (we arrange the parents travel to Warsaw if the parents request this) all just like before the war nothing more or nothing less of this process has changed.
For UK and US citizens we can will send one of our employees to pick up the passport from the kiev on your behalf. The time parents have been staying in Ukraine following the baby’s birth is approximately 3-5 weeks for American & Australian parents and 6-8 weeks for British parents.
We, at Lotus, strongly discourage and recommend parents not to try a surrogacy journey in South America, whether that be Argentina, Columbia or what ever other country in South America someone might offer as those countries do not have surrogacy laws and can change any court decision that pretends to allow surrogacy, leaving you with lot of stress and problems registration of the newborn.
Remember one thing: Surrogacy is a legal process first and foremost, and you must only engage in it in a place that has a clear law and your rights are proteted.
About 80 Lotus babies have been born in Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24 2022 and many of those parents have already signed up for a sibling journey.
We hope to see you soon and help you to accomplish your dream over and over again.
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