Frequently asked questions
On this page you will find Questions and Answers (FAQ) regarding IVF and Surrogacy process in Ukraine, concerns of Ukrainian process, preparation of paperwork and preparation of your travel to Ukraine.
Frequently asked questions
On this page you will find Questions and Answers (FAQ) regarding IVF and Surrogacy process in Ukraine, concerns of Ukrainian process, preparation of paperwork and preparation of your travel to Ukraine.
Important tips
Why should I use your agency instead of using the clinic directly?
- Some clinics offer a discount to our clients. Therefore your expenses can be lower than using the clinic directly. We also offer legal support, translate and notarize needed documents, facilitate the whole process. We have a positive reputation and value it.
- The clinics do not offer surrogate mother match and don’t support and coordinate surrogacy process. They do IVF only. Also they don’t have right to show egg donors photos, only description. We can offer you the pictures and description of egg donors, surrogate mothers, IVF/surrogacy process coordination and support.
- Infertility treatment in Ukraine is developing; therefore there are no many egg donors and surrogate mothers available. Our agency tries to satisfy the clients and we cooperate with a few Ukrainian agencies that search egg donors and surrogate mothers!
How can I know what clinic to use to achieve a positive result in my case?
- This is our job - we are here to help you in your situation and choose the clinic and doctor which can solve your problem. We work with the best clinics and experienced doctors. Our main principle is to satisfy the client.
- We had meetings in all fertility clinics in Kiev, carefully investigated the situation in Ukraine and we know how to make sure that you spend less time, nerves and money to achieve your goal.
- Here you can find the link to our Ukrainian forum; there are hundreds of references for the clinic we work with. Please, use “Google translate”.
Why Ukraine?
- First of all, it’s the price. IVF will cost you $6,000 with our services, IVF with egg donation will cost you $7,000-9,000, surrogacy $37,000-$40,000 including surrogate mother’s compensation.
- There are only Caucasian egg donors in Ukraine.
- Ukraine is a European country, many clinics have modern equipment and offer good services. The clinic we work with works for a result and values its reputation. All these factors give you high chances to achieve a positive result from the first or second attempt.
- We keep all information confidential and for example if clients want to hide the fact of surrogacy or IVF, Ukraine will work as well for them!
Why your agency?
Imagine that you buy a car. I suppose you will not but it with your eyes closed. You will do a research, compare the models and choose one that fits you most – the car should be reliable, at reasonable price, good, safe and secure. Covering all that, you need to understand that from the people who are responsible for your case depend many, if not all.
- We are experienced in legal matters. Our agency had more than 1,000 successful adoptions, we work since 1999, we are known on public forums on adoption, you can ask about Oleg Marynenko and his team. Adoption legal process is much more complicated than surrogacy, so surrogacy or IVF are our elements.
- Unlike adoptive families, 80% of the families that used surrogacy or IVF will not give references because this process is quite delicate. Besides we keep all information confidential. So use our reputation for adoption among American families to be sure you are in good hands – references available upon request.
- Our main principles are honesty and reliability, our fees are transparent and reasonable. Our experienced staff of administrative and legal professionals has helped thousands fulfill their dreams of having a child. Please, make sure by sending the requests to our former clients!
- Send a request to the US Embassy in Kiev and make sure that our clients didn’t have complaints about our services, you can ask about Oleg Marynenko and his team. The Embassy adoption and surrogacy unit email is available upon request.
NOTEWe prepared information about risks and choosing an agency in Ukraine Learn More
Travel to Ukraine
How and where to rent an apartment or a hotel in Kiev for the clinic appointment INFO
Please search and rent an apartment around (Baseynaya sreet (ulitsa)). You may rent the apartment in 2-6 blocks from this Mark or nearby. Downtown is the most popular and best place for foreigns citizens to stay in Kiev, in the city center there are many cafes, McDonalds etc. Cost of apartment is 50-90 per night, and cost of hotels 90-200 per night. There is no sense to rent the apartments or hotels in other places of the city to save money because you will spend more for transportation, also cost of apartment in distant areas of Kiev is not much cheaper than in downtown.
NOTEDon't pay for your apartment beforehand, only when you come. We had a case when a family booked an apartment and it wasn't available so we had to find another one.
Kiev apartments
- Kiev and all Ukraine - (most popular)
- Kiev, Odessa, Lvov, Kharkov apartments
- Kiev apartments
- Kiev apartments and drivers
- Kiev apartments
- Mira apartment
- Olga apartments
- Kievinn apartments
- Kiev Rent apartments
Kiev Hotels
- Khreschatik hotel - (most popular)
- Ibis hotel - (cheap and most popular)
- Premier Palace hotel
- Dnipro hotel
- City hotel
Before you fly to Ukraine NOTE
Please, put down our address and numbers of cell phones and keep close to you. If you have problems with luggage or it is lost, or there are delays with arrival, give this address and cell phone numbers to the airport delivery service or your air company where you book tickets. Also send us a text in case your flight is delayed or cancelled. A link of our address and cell phones numbers is HERE - access clients only
Visas for Ukraine
Money
How to take money to Ukraine?
- Read here - Official Ukrainian Customs Procedures
- The amount of cash an individual is carrying must be declared at customs
- Any one individual may carry up to and including 10K in cash without needing a special permit from the Ukrainian National Bank
- This would mean any one couple could together bring in up to and including 20K in cash without needing a special permit from the Ukrainian National Bank
- If more than 10K (i.e. 10,001 or more) is carried into Ukraine by any one individual then upon declaration of that cash at customs, customs will withhold the cash until the individual has completed, submitted and received back from the Ukrainian National Bank a special permit to bring that amount into Ukraine * Typically this means the cash will be delayed at customs for approximately 3 days. I think this info necessary not only for Ukrainian customs but for American customs too.
- The bills should be nominals of 100 and some of 50 for us. For you - of 100, 50 and some of 20. You may bring all of 100.
Credit cards, Cash, and Travelers checks!
Credit cards
It is possible to remove money from these cards, and to pay by cards in some shops in Ukraine. But it is not profitable. Moreover, if you take cash (which is desirable), the banknotes should be after 1990, not shabby and torn.
Cash and Travelers checks
You are allowed to take no more than 10K in person in cash, as long as the extra is in travelers checks read. You do have to pay about 2% (from total sum) when you have the travelers checks cashed. And make sure you declare your travelers checks on your customs forms because the banks will not cash the checks unless they see that they are declared on your customs forms. (you have to take those to the bank with you) It is also important that whoever's name is on the travelers check is the person that declares the checks on their customs form. The bank will only cash them if the name on the customs form and the name on the checks match.
Ukraine is a cash country pls be sure that your banknotes:
- are new (at least 1990 year issue)
- are not scratched
- are not torn
- do not have blots
- do not have any color stamp
- do not look old
NOTEThe bills should be nominals of 100 and some of 50 for us. For you - of 100, 50 and some of 20. You may bring all of 100.
Useful Advice and Links
US Embassy in Kiev, Address, RequirementsIMP
- U.S. Embassy Kiev, Ukraine - Website
- Address: 4 Igor Sikorsky Street, Kyiv, Ukraine 04112
- Consular Section: Consul General: 38-044-521-5460
- Surrogacy section Phone/FAX: - access clients only
- Surrogacy section email: - access clients only
- Please, visit the US Embassy surrogacy page regarding your future surrogacy appointment there for your better understanding - - access clients only
- WORKING HOURS: US Embassy in Kyiv is open for American Citizens Services Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 11:30 am and from 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm. Appointments required for surrogacy processing.
- The U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is closed to the public for visa business on weekends, the last Friday of the month, as well as American and Ukrainian holidays
WARNINGWhen you end of surrogacy process please call to the US Embassy in Kiev in 3-5 days before the birth certificate come, for making appointment!
NOTEIf one parent or both parent will come back to America after birth call or emailed to US Embassy too, for filling all the necessary forms up, pls keep in mind this tip.
How to get vital records, birth, marriage, certificates in US for your documents
You can use Vitalcheck for ordering all our stuff. You can get your vital records (birth, marriage, death,or divorce) from any state through them. They're FAST and they send you a certified, notarized "original" that's ready to be apostilled.
- Where to obtain Birth & Marriage certificates - cdc.gov
- Fingerprinting Information
- Applying for your passport - travel.state.gov
- USCIS website - USCIS
VIP service at the airport Boryspol Kiev
If you want fast passage of customs at the airport (Boryspol, Kiev), you can use the service a meeting of the very important person (VIP) Rowland Enterprises, Lonnie Rowland emails: / / Phone - (615) 5669085
Reviews
We used the VIP service and no one even looked twice at us. The VIP guy helped us fill out our customs slips/declaration and went through the line with us. At the time, the limit in US cash was $10,000 per person. We had mostly $100's and $50's and a few $20's
Sending your paperwork via FedExNOTE
Please do not indicate full value/cost for the package
Please, state low value of your package up to $200 without having to pay additional import duty. In case you stated full value of the package (or higher than it's allowed by Ukrainian law), we will not be able to pick your package.