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Originally Posted By Joan

In the process of preparing paperwork to go over
to Kazakstan to adopt a 3 year old little girl. Her video seems "clean" with no visible health issues,
but only time will answer all questions...from what
i have been told, the video is the "make or break" decision and the younger they are...the less the video will tell you and so you must go with your gut which is asking alot for such a great commitment...but we are going for it and we have heard the dirty stories as well as the good...seem to be an equal amount on both sides of the coin so it is a true toss up.

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Originally Posted By mimi

What is the cost on your adoption? I know a couple who payed about 30,000 for two from kaz. Is this average, high, low? What have you heard concerning the health of Kaz kids? how long is the process supposed to take? We really want to adopt and are in the finding information stage.

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Originally Posted By Thomas

We paid only $18,000 for two little girls (2 and 3 y.o.) using Aurora agency.
Very good experience!
Our stay was just 12 days!

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Originally Posted By Kustanai

Matter is if agency has a good connections in the country they working with.In case with Aurora-Ruben-Director has been Director of the orphanage in Russia and obviously knows the process inside -out unlike most agencies with *american* director.
We used this agency to adopt from Krasnodar,Russia and Ruben was traveling with us and did all by himself without using *coordinator* or translator.We higly reccomend this agency and Ruben.
Good luck