Adoption agencies throughout the USA were notified late yesterday of impending changes in Kazakhstan due to the Hague convention.

The exact wording of the notification, issued by Consul General Raushan Yesbulatova's office, is as follows:

"According to the information, which was received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Consulate General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in New York would like to inform, that effective May 15th we temporarily will not accept any adoption dossiers from the adoption agencies, due to Kazakhstan joining the Hague convention."

We have no further news to report, and will keep our readers updated.  One notified agency was able to confirm that dossiers currently registered with the consulate will continue through the process. We will keep our readers updated as we learn more.