Surrogacy for singles
Surrogacy for single men
Single men
More than 55% of our fathers are men who, at some point in their lives, have received the call of fatherhood. Surrogacy for single men is the best way to achieve fatherhood, due to the difficulty of successfully achieving an international adoption process. In the last two years, Europe has seen more surrogacy cases than international adoptions.
Surrogacy for single people is being practiced in an increasingly limited number of countries. Unfortunately, as the years have passed, countries like Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam have shut down this option.
We are not suggesting that surrogacy for singles was ever legally permitted in those countries. In the mentioned countries, there was no surrogacy law, and those who engaged in it took advantage of a "legal vacuum," with the understanding that "whatever is not prohibited by law is permitted." However, now there is legislation, and prohibit surrogacy for singles.
Although there are many countries where surrogacy can be done, not all of them allow single men applying for surrogacy. This greatly reduces the list compared to heterosexual couples, who have more than 10 surrogacy destinations.
Surrogacy for single people is being practiced in an increasingly limited number of countries. Unfortunately, as the years have passed, countries like Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam have shut down this option.
We are not suggesting that surrogacy for singles was ever legally permitted in those countries. In the mentioned countries, there was no surrogacy law, and those who engaged in it took advantage of a "legal vacuum," with the understanding that "whatever is not prohibited by law is permitted." However, now there is legislation, and prohibit surrogacy for singles.
Although there are many countries where surrogacy can be done, not all of them allow single men applying for surrogacy. This greatly reduces the list compared to heterosexual couples, who have more than 10 surrogacy destinations.
Surrogacy for single men
Since its inception, Gestlife has been committed to offering as many destination options as possible for single parents.
We research countries where surrogacy is available for singles, visit them, open our own offices with our staff (we are not intermediaries), and ensure the quality of the services provided.
This approach allows us to recommend the most suitable destination for each parent's needs, rather than being restricted to one location like some agencies that only promote a single option.
Of course, we hope you will choose to go through the surrogacy process with us, as that is our specialty. However, once you decide to work with us, our main focus is on three priorities:
1. Prevent you from making legal mistakes that could risk your surrogacy journey.
2. Guarantee success on the medical side to ensure a healthy baby.
3. Reduce your expenses as much as possible. We prefer that you save your money for your child, not for intermediaries.
Unlike many "agencies" that only have one destination to propose, we will not recommend a location for your surrogacy process unless it truly fits your needs. Gestlife operates 14 offices across 10 countries.
It is crucial for those undertaking surrogacy to understand that there are three types of countries where surrogacy is possible. There is also a fourth group where surrogacy is prohibited, which we will not discuss to avoid wasting your time.
We research countries where surrogacy is available for singles, visit them, open our own offices with our staff (we are not intermediaries), and ensure the quality of the services provided.
This approach allows us to recommend the most suitable destination for each parent's needs, rather than being restricted to one location like some agencies that only promote a single option.
Of course, we hope you will choose to go through the surrogacy process with us, as that is our specialty. However, once you decide to work with us, our main focus is on three priorities:
1. Prevent you from making legal mistakes that could risk your surrogacy journey.
2. Guarantee success on the medical side to ensure a healthy baby.
3. Reduce your expenses as much as possible. We prefer that you save your money for your child, not for intermediaries.
Unlike many "agencies" that only have one destination to propose, we will not recommend a location for your surrogacy process unless it truly fits your needs. Gestlife operates 14 offices across 10 countries.
It is crucial for those undertaking surrogacy to understand that there are three types of countries where surrogacy is possible. There is also a fourth group where surrogacy is prohibited, which we will not discuss to avoid wasting your time.
In which countries is surrogacy for single people allowed?
There are countries with specific legislation that grants intended parents (you or both of you) the right to proceed with a surrogacy process.
These laws transfer the child's rights from the surrogate to the intended parents. The regulations in these countries have either been created by their parliaments or later modified through rulings by high courts, such as the Constitutional Court, to permit certain people to undertake surrogacy.
The following countries are where a surrogacy process can be carried out because their laws allow it:
🔹USA
🔹CANADA
🔹ALBANIA
Then there are the countries in which, without having a specific legislation, surrogacy is normally carried out, because their courts recognize it:
🔹MEXICO*
🔹COLOMBIA**
🔹ARGENTINA***
🔹ARMENIA****
* There is no law, but there is extensive jurisprudence that allows it.
** There is no law, but surrogacy processes are carried out.
*** There is no surrogacy law, with an important legal vacuum.
**** There is no law on surrogacy for single men, with a big legal vacuum.
These laws transfer the child's rights from the surrogate to the intended parents. The regulations in these countries have either been created by their parliaments or later modified through rulings by high courts, such as the Constitutional Court, to permit certain people to undertake surrogacy.
The following countries are where a surrogacy process can be carried out because their laws allow it:
🔹USA
🔹CANADA
🔹ALBANIA
Then there are the countries in which, without having a specific legislation, surrogacy is normally carried out, because their courts recognize it:
🔹MEXICO*
🔹COLOMBIA**
🔹ARGENTINA***
🔹ARMENIA****
* There is no law, but there is extensive jurisprudence that allows it.
** There is no law, but surrogacy processes are carried out.
*** There is no surrogacy law, with an important legal vacuum.
**** There is no law on surrogacy for single men, with a big legal vacuum.
Surrogacy in USA
Gestlife has its headquarters in Miami, Florida (Investmedical Group's head office). In the USA we have been carrying out processes for single since 2012.
The United States was the first country to approve "commercial" surrogacy (with compensation to the surrogate mother).
The USA issues a court ruling, which is currently not recognised by the EU states.
As there is no social security, and the intending father has to run all medical expenses that may arise, the price of a programme for a single baby ranges between 165,000 and 180,000 euros.
Consult your family advisor for your specific case, and we will be happy to advise you free of charge.
The United States was the first country to approve "commercial" surrogacy (with compensation to the surrogate mother).
The USA issues a court ruling, which is currently not recognised by the EU states.
As there is no social security, and the intending father has to run all medical expenses that may arise, the price of a programme for a single baby ranges between 165,000 and 180,000 euros.
Consult your family advisor for your specific case, and we will be happy to advise you free of charge.
For more information visit our
USA PROGRAMS
Surrogacy in Canada
CANADA is a country with an altruistic law, where the surrogate mother cannot receive any compensation.
Offering any compensation is punishable by 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 Canadian dollars.
The surrogate mother cannot advertise, nor can the intending parents advertise for them. There are waiting lists of up to 5 years to find a surrogate who will volunteer to carry a baby for strangers.
Surrogates are looking to have a relationship with the parents, so it is important IP’s have the willing keep in touch with the surrogate and have a good knowledge of English is essential, otherwise you will be discarded as candidates.
Agencies are forbidden to work as intermediaries (also doctors and lawyers) under penalty of 3 years in prison, so no agency has its own infrastructures in Canada.
It is an ideal country for surrogacy, if you are Canadian, and you have a cousin, a sister or a friend willing to do the process for free.
Consult your family counsellor for your specific case, and we will be happy to advise you free of charge. Gestlife has its own offices and staff in this country.
Offering any compensation is punishable by 10 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 Canadian dollars.
The surrogate mother cannot advertise, nor can the intending parents advertise for them. There are waiting lists of up to 5 years to find a surrogate who will volunteer to carry a baby for strangers.
Surrogates are looking to have a relationship with the parents, so it is important IP’s have the willing keep in touch with the surrogate and have a good knowledge of English is essential, otherwise you will be discarded as candidates.
Agencies are forbidden to work as intermediaries (also doctors and lawyers) under penalty of 3 years in prison, so no agency has its own infrastructures in Canada.
It is an ideal country for surrogacy, if you are Canadian, and you have a cousin, a sister or a friend willing to do the process for free.
Consult your family counsellor for your specific case, and we will be happy to advise you free of charge. Gestlife has its own offices and staff in this country.
For more information visit our:
CANADA PROGRAMS
Surrogacy in Albania
Law 8876, dated 4.4.2002 on Reproductive Health, in its article 43 recognises surrogacy as an assisted reproductive technique allowed in Albania, although it has not developed a specific regulation. Albania has replace the rol Russia played on surrogacy, following the ban on surrogacy for foreigners in that country since May 2022.
It is a country that respects the sexual condition of each person, as it is a tolerant country where 5 religions coexist peacefully. Albania is a member of NATO and applied for EU membership in 2014.
Due to its proximity to EU countries, that no visa is required for travel, the excellence of the clinics, and the modernity of the country, it has become a preferred destination for single men.
Consult your family advisor for your particular case, and we will be happy to advise you free of charge. Gestlife has its own offices and staff in this country.
It is a country that respects the sexual condition of each person, as it is a tolerant country where 5 religions coexist peacefully. Albania is a member of NATO and applied for EU membership in 2014.
Due to its proximity to EU countries, that no visa is required for travel, the excellence of the clinics, and the modernity of the country, it has become a preferred destination for single men.
Consult your family advisor for your particular case, and we will be happy to advise you free of charge. Gestlife has its own offices and staff in this country.
For more information visit our:
ALBANIA PROGRAMS
Surrogacy in Mexico
There is no specific surrogacy law in Mexico. Some states, such as SINALOA, QUERÉTARO, COHAHUILA and SAN LUIS POTOSI, explicitly prohibit surrogacy. TABASCO and SINALOA. Limit the right to carry out a surrogacy process to Mexican citizens only. The rest of the Mexican states have no legislation in this regard, neither for nor against.
In MEXICO DF there is no surrogacy law per se, but there is a proposed law focused on assuring the filiation rights of intended parents and extensive jurisprudence granting rights to intended parents.
For several years and until 16 January 2016, Tabasco was the top state where most surrogacy processes took place, since its legislation allowed it for Mexican couples, and did not explicitly prohibit it for foreigners. However, due to some abuses committed by some couples, the state of Tabasco ended up banning surrogacy for foreign citizens on 16/1/2016, respecting the processes in progress (for those parents who already had a contract with a surrogate mother, even if she was not pregnant) since no law can enter into force retroactively. But this meant that Mexico was closed to foreigners from that moment onwards.
For years and until recently, this meant the end of surrogacy agreements in Mexico.
But in June 2021, the SUPREME COURT OF MEXICO, in response to an appeal lodged by a clinic, ruled that the State of Tabasco had exceeded its powers, and left it open to the states to decide whether to regulate the economic conditions for the practice of surrogacy or leave it to the freedom of the private parties involved. The Court considers it "unfounded that there is an obligation on local legislatures to provide for free surrogacy agreements". Therefore, the State can oblige it to be free of charge, establish payment conditions or leave the matter to the discretion of a private agreement. The State of Tabasco has not yet modified the law.
This is why multiple clinics in Mexico are once again offering surrogacy procedures, even though no state in Mexico has explicit legislation in favour of surrogacy.
Since then several states have l
In MEXICO DF there is no surrogacy law per se, but there is a proposed law focused on assuring the filiation rights of intended parents and extensive jurisprudence granting rights to intended parents.
For several years and until 16 January 2016, Tabasco was the top state where most surrogacy processes took place, since its legislation allowed it for Mexican couples, and did not explicitly prohibit it for foreigners. However, due to some abuses committed by some couples, the state of Tabasco ended up banning surrogacy for foreign citizens on 16/1/2016, respecting the processes in progress (for those parents who already had a contract with a surrogate mother, even if she was not pregnant) since no law can enter into force retroactively. But this meant that Mexico was closed to foreigners from that moment onwards.
For years and until recently, this meant the end of surrogacy agreements in Mexico.
But in June 2021, the SUPREME COURT OF MEXICO, in response to an appeal lodged by a clinic, ruled that the State of Tabasco had exceeded its powers, and left it open to the states to decide whether to regulate the economic conditions for the practice of surrogacy or leave it to the freedom of the private parties involved. The Court considers it "unfounded that there is an obligation on local legislatures to provide for free surrogacy agreements". Therefore, the State can oblige it to be free of charge, establish payment conditions or leave the matter to the discretion of a private agreement. The State of Tabasco has not yet modified the law.
This is why multiple clinics in Mexico are once again offering surrogacy procedures, even though no state in Mexico has explicit legislation in favour of surrogacy.
Since then several states have l
For more information visit our:
MEXICO PROGRAMS
CURRENT LEGAL SITUATION IN MEXICO
In MEXICO DF there is no surrogacy law but there is a proposed law focused on assuring the filiation rights of intended parents and extensive case law granting rights to intended parents.
The courts currently recognise the rights of intended parents. However, we must be aware that there is no State in Mexico that explicitly has a surrogacy law, so Mexico is part of the list of countries lacking legislation on the subject. It is the jurisprudence of the Courts that grants the right to the commissioning parents.
Parents who are willing to choose Mexico as a destination for their surrogacy journey should be aware that in the lack of specific legislation, there are big risks to future legislative changes, for or against, although any legislative change can never be applied retroactively.
Consult your family advisor about all details of the programs that Gestlife offers in Mexico.
Should these challenges be a major concern for you, you can do your process in a different country provided by Gestlife. Reach out to your family advisor at Gestlife.
In MEXICO DF there is no surrogacy law but there is a proposed law focused on assuring the filiation rights of intended parents and extensive case law granting rights to intended parents.
The courts currently recognise the rights of intended parents. However, we must be aware that there is no State in Mexico that explicitly has a surrogacy law, so Mexico is part of the list of countries lacking legislation on the subject. It is the jurisprudence of the Courts that grants the right to the commissioning parents.
Parents who are willing to choose Mexico as a destination for their surrogacy journey should be aware that in the lack of specific legislation, there are big risks to future legislative changes, for or against, although any legislative change can never be applied retroactively.
Consult your family advisor about all details of the programs that Gestlife offers in Mexico.
Should these challenges be a major concern for you, you can do your process in a different country provided by Gestlife. Reach out to your family advisor at Gestlife.
Surrogacy in Colombia
Colombia is a country where surrogacy is now practiced by clinics. There is no specific law on surrogacy, although the courts end up withdrawing custody from the surrogate mother as she has no genetic link with the baby.
Law in COLOMBIA
In COLOMBIA, there is no specific law on surrogacy. This is something to have on mind if you finally choose this country to become a father.
The surrogacy process takes place in the capital Bogotá, although we also have programs in Cartagena de Indias city.
Once the baby is born, a process of impugnation of the maternity of the surrogate takes place, given that it is accredited that the baby has a genetic link with the commissioning father, and on the contrary does not have any link with the gestational carrier. The court definitively disassociates the pregnant mother from the baby, by means of a judicial sentence.
In the 2022-2023 legislature in Colombia, two bills were introduced that sought to regulate the issue. The proposed bills were P.L. 334-2023C filed by the representative to the chamber Alejandro Ocampo Giraldo and P.L. 345 of 2023C filed by the Minister of Justice and Law, Mr. Néstor Iván Osuna Patiño.
Under Colombian law, laws governing surrogacy must be processed as statutory laws, which have a special procedure within the Congress of the Republic.
One of these requirements is that they must be processed and approved within the same legislative year, which in our case was from 20 July 2022 to 16 December 2022 and from 16 March 2023 to 20 June 2023.
The bills that intended to regulate surrogacy in Colombia did not complete the process in the Congress of the Republic and therefore, they were filed and dismissed under the Colombian law of issuance of laws, as it should have been approved in a single legislature which did not happen.
To date, no other bill has been presented that seeks to regulate surrogacy in Colombia and according to interviews with the Minister of Justice and Law, it will not be presented for the time being due to the complex legislative agenda.
For the above reasons, the information that surrogacy processes will be closed in Colombia as of September 2023 is denied, and we share the links where you can verify that the two bills have been duly filed.
Law in COLOMBIA
In COLOMBIA, there is no specific law on surrogacy. This is something to have on mind if you finally choose this country to become a father.
The surrogacy process takes place in the capital Bogotá, although we also have programs in Cartagena de Indias city.
Once the baby is born, a process of impugnation of the maternity of the surrogate takes place, given that it is accredited that the baby has a genetic link with the commissioning father, and on the contrary does not have any link with the gestational carrier. The court definitively disassociates the pregnant mother from the baby, by means of a judicial sentence.
In the 2022-2023 legislature in Colombia, two bills were introduced that sought to regulate the issue. The proposed bills were P.L. 334-2023C filed by the representative to the chamber Alejandro Ocampo Giraldo and P.L. 345 of 2023C filed by the Minister of Justice and Law, Mr. Néstor Iván Osuna Patiño.
Under Colombian law, laws governing surrogacy must be processed as statutory laws, which have a special procedure within the Congress of the Republic.
One of these requirements is that they must be processed and approved within the same legislative year, which in our case was from 20 July 2022 to 16 December 2022 and from 16 March 2023 to 20 June 2023.
The bills that intended to regulate surrogacy in Colombia did not complete the process in the Congress of the Republic and therefore, they were filed and dismissed under the Colombian law of issuance of laws, as it should have been approved in a single legislature which did not happen.
To date, no other bill has been presented that seeks to regulate surrogacy in Colombia and according to interviews with the Minister of Justice and Law, it will not be presented for the time being due to the complex legislative agenda.
For the above reasons, the information that surrogacy processes will be closed in Colombia as of September 2023 is denied, and we share the links where you can verify that the two bills have been duly filed.
For more information visit our:
COLOMBIA PROGRAMS
LEGAL ADVICE:
Obviously, we cannot guarantee that there will be new bills in the future, for or against surrogacy, something that can happen in all countries. However, no new law can be applied with retroactive effect, so, when there is a normative change, the ongoing processes are respected, as it happened in the other countries where there was a legislative change against surrogacy: VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA, MEXICO, RUSSIA, NEPAL, or THAILAND.
However, if the absence of legislation is a problem for you, you can do the process in the other countries where Gestlife has its own offices, and they have programs for homosexual couples.
Registration in Colombia
Once the birth has taken place, the intended parents must register the baby in the civil registry of BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA, for this purpose, a birth certificate issued by the clinic must be provided.
The maternity challenge will be initiated by the surrogate. In this way, the Colombian passport, passport of the nationality of the parents or safe-conduct (depending on the nationality of the parents) will be obtained. Consult your case with your family advisor at Gestlife.
In the case of the biological father, the surrogate appears on the birth certificate. Subsequently it will be removed when the court accepts the challenge (which always happens because the mothers have no genetic link with the child).
Obviously, we cannot guarantee that there will be new bills in the future, for or against surrogacy, something that can happen in all countries. However, no new law can be applied with retroactive effect, so, when there is a normative change, the ongoing processes are respected, as it happened in the other countries where there was a legislative change against surrogacy: VIETNAM, LAOS, CAMBODIA, MEXICO, RUSSIA, NEPAL, or THAILAND.
However, if the absence of legislation is a problem for you, you can do the process in the other countries where Gestlife has its own offices, and they have programs for homosexual couples.
Registration in Colombia
Once the birth has taken place, the intended parents must register the baby in the civil registry of BOGOTÁ COLOMBIA, for this purpose, a birth certificate issued by the clinic must be provided.
The maternity challenge will be initiated by the surrogate. In this way, the Colombian passport, passport of the nationality of the parents or safe-conduct (depending on the nationality of the parents) will be obtained. Consult your case with your family advisor at Gestlife.
In the case of the biological father, the surrogate appears on the birth certificate. Subsequently it will be removed when the court accepts the challenge (which always happens because the mothers have no genetic link with the child).
Surrogacy in Argentina
Argentina is a destination that has recently appeared on the surrogacy world map.
Although there is no express legislation on surrogacy, the law allows the signing of a surrogacy agreement and there is a regulation since 2017 that specifies that a child born through surrogacy can be registered in the name of the commissioning or intended father only in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
In November 2024, two Italian parents were arrested at the border, when they tried to leave the country with their baby, for having financially compensated the surrogate mother, since in ARGENTINA surrogacy must be altruistic.
Several criminal investigations have been opened against several agencies.
This country, immersed in a major economic crisis (with an inflation rate of over 140% per year), has difficulties in making payments, or refunds, due to the restrictions on the movement of capital set by the government.
Although there is no express legislation on surrogacy, the law allows the signing of a surrogacy agreement and there is a regulation since 2017 that specifies that a child born through surrogacy can be registered in the name of the commissioning or intended father only in the autonomous city of Buenos Aires.
In November 2024, two Italian parents were arrested at the border, when they tried to leave the country with their baby, for having financially compensated the surrogate mother, since in ARGENTINA surrogacy must be altruistic.
Several criminal investigations have been opened against several agencies.
This country, immersed in a major economic crisis (with an inflation rate of over 140% per year), has difficulties in making payments, or refunds, due to the restrictions on the movement of capital set by the government.
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ARGENTINA PROGRAMS
Surrogacy in Armenia
In ARMENIA, a country with only 2.2 million inhabitants, the law allows surrogacy for heterosexual couples, but does not prohibit surrogacy for single men. However, this is a legal vacuum, as is the case in other countries mentioned above, which lends itself to the risk of a legislative change at any time. Gestlife also has an office in this country, as it develops processes for heterosexual couples.
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ARMENIA PROGRAMS
Surrogacy in Russia
You may have heard of (or met) parents who did their surrogacy with Gestlife in Russia. For 15 years this was the case, but in May 2022, the Russian Parliament banned surrogacy for foreigners, so this country has fallen off the list of countries where a single man can do surrogacy.
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RUSSIA PROGRAMS
Some dangerous "inventions" in surrogacy
Just as René Magritte taught us that a drawing of a pipe is not a pipe, something similar to surrogacy is not surrogacy .
Surrogacy occurs when there is a law or jurisprudence that allows it, and legally cedes the rights of the gestational carrier to the commissioning parent(s). The rest, although it may appear to be so, is not surrogacy.
And the nuance is of vital importance, because in those countries where there is no law on surrogacy, or the jurisprudence does not contemplate it, the gestational carrier will be today, tomorrow and always the mother of the child, with rights over the child if she so desires. And you did not come to Gestlife to have legal problems in the future.
Some "agencies" have been appearing lately, offering especially to the LGTBI collective destinations that do not offer the minimum guarantees, neither legal nor medical. Countries with little or no experience in surrogacy, with no law to protect it. Countries where surrogate mothers receive ridiculous compensations (sometimes against existing laws), which do not exceed 10,000 US dollars, when an American surrogate receives 50,000 USD, or a Ukrainian mother 24,000 USD.
These are some of the "INVENTIONS" that you may come across, and which we strongly advise against. As we have told you, Gestlife has offices in all the countries where a process can be done legally. If it were possible to carry out a surrogacy process with all the guarantees in any of these destinations, we would have had offices in those countries some time ago. And if we don't have them, it is because there are no medical or legal guarantees.
Suddenly, there are agencies that offer destinations such as:
These types of programs, as we have said, were made because the end of the program often takes place in a European country, where there is no specific law on surrogacy. Some parents resort to this program if they cannot resort to another one for economic reasons, or because the process takes place at the end in a country within the Schengen area, which allows them to return to the country of origin with a certain degree of ease.
It has, however, significant drawbacks:
It is more expensive than other destinations such as Albania.
It is necessary to lie in the civil registry, passing the surrogate off as a partner, which we do not recommend, as it is a crime to lie to a public official.
The surrogate has no right to give up her baby because Czech law does not allow it. No notary will draw up a notarial deed to this effect, which is necessary in the future if we want a spouse to adopt the baby.
For parents from those countries (like Spain) that do not grant nationality and passport to the baby from the beginning, it is necessary to return by car, which means a journey of more than 2000 km or more in most cases.
Surrogacy occurs when there is a law or jurisprudence that allows it, and legally cedes the rights of the gestational carrier to the commissioning parent(s). The rest, although it may appear to be so, is not surrogacy.
And the nuance is of vital importance, because in those countries where there is no law on surrogacy, or the jurisprudence does not contemplate it, the gestational carrier will be today, tomorrow and always the mother of the child, with rights over the child if she so desires. And you did not come to Gestlife to have legal problems in the future.
Some "agencies" have been appearing lately, offering especially to the LGTBI collective destinations that do not offer the minimum guarantees, neither legal nor medical. Countries with little or no experience in surrogacy, with no law to protect it. Countries where surrogate mothers receive ridiculous compensations (sometimes against existing laws), which do not exceed 10,000 US dollars, when an American surrogate receives 50,000 USD, or a Ukrainian mother 24,000 USD.
These are some of the "INVENTIONS" that you may come across, and which we strongly advise against. As we have told you, Gestlife has offices in all the countries where a process can be done legally. If it were possible to carry out a surrogacy process with all the guarantees in any of these destinations, we would have had offices in those countries some time ago. And if we don't have them, it is because there are no medical or legal guarantees.
Suddenly, there are agencies that offer destinations such as:
These types of programs, as we have said, were made because the end of the program often takes place in a European country, where there is no specific law on surrogacy. Some parents resort to this program if they cannot resort to another one for economic reasons, or because the process takes place at the end in a country within the Schengen area, which allows them to return to the country of origin with a certain degree of ease.
It has, however, significant drawbacks:
It is more expensive than other destinations such as Albania.
It is necessary to lie in the civil registry, passing the surrogate off as a partner, which we do not recommend, as it is a crime to lie to a public official.
The surrogate has no right to give up her baby because Czech law does not allow it. No notary will draw up a notarial deed to this effect, which is necessary in the future if we want a spouse to adopt the baby.
For parents from those countries (like Spain) that do not grant nationality and passport to the baby from the beginning, it is necessary to return by car, which means a journey of more than 2000 km or more in most cases.
Let's see what problems each of these countries brings to the table:
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic has been one of the destinations where more parents have fallen into the temptation to "make their process seemingly easier", at the cost of incurring serious offences.
Most of the time, the parents resorted to the services of a fertility clinic in Kharkov (Ukraine) where the surrogate became pregnant and was then sent to the Czech Republic to have the baby, taking advantage of the fact that this country is part of the EU and is within the Schengen area, where it is not necessary to issue a passport for the baby to travel to the country of the commissioning parents. This was useful for those parents whose country of origin (as is temporarily the case in Spain) does not issue a passport for the baby. These parents had to commit two offences:
Lying in the civil registry to a public official by passing off the surrogate as his girlfriend.
Falsifying a public document before a notary, saying that the surrogate had not received any compensation, which was not true, which constitutes a crime of falsification of a public document.
Some parents were caught in this kind of trap, because the local agencies did not inform them until the last minute that they had to do this, at which point the parents, with their baby in their arms, could no longer back out....
Unfortunately, in the spring of 2022, the police dismantled this operation, through the so-called "OPERATION SPANIEL". Four doctors from the clinic were arrested, and parents and surrogate were interrogated separately in search of confirmation of payment to the surrogate, and the registration of the baby was refused.
For more information about OPERATION SPANIEL you can read the following article (using google translator).
Therefore, the Czech Republic is not a recommended destination for surrogacy.
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Most of the time, the parents resorted to the services of a fertility clinic in Kharkov (Ukraine) where the surrogate became pregnant and was then sent to the Czech Republic to have the baby, taking advantage of the fact that this country is part of the EU and is within the Schengen area, where it is not necessary to issue a passport for the baby to travel to the country of the commissioning parents. This was useful for those parents whose country of origin (as is temporarily the case in Spain) does not issue a passport for the baby. These parents had to commit two offences:
Lying in the civil registry to a public official by passing off the surrogate as his girlfriend.
Falsifying a public document before a notary, saying that the surrogate had not received any compensation, which was not true, which constitutes a crime of falsification of a public document.
Some parents were caught in this kind of trap, because the local agencies did not inform them until the last minute that they had to do this, at which point the parents, with their baby in their arms, could no longer back out....
Unfortunately, in the spring of 2022, the police dismantled this operation, through the so-called "OPERATION SPANIEL". Four doctors from the clinic were arrested, and parents and surrogate were interrogated separately in search of confirmation of payment to the surrogate, and the registration of the baby was refused.
For more information about OPERATION SPANIEL you can read the following article (using google translator).
Therefore, the Czech Republic is not a recommended destination for surrogacy.
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Belgium
Belgium prohibits commercial surrogacy, and the law determines that any agreement made between the parties, even in altruistic surrogacy, is null and void, and prevents the registration of the baby in the name of the commissioning parents. It is a country with a contradictory law, as there are two or three clinics that offer surrogacy to Belgian parents (hetero couples) but then the law does not cover this act. It is therefore not a recommended country for surrogacy.
The Netherlands
The Netherlands prohibits commercial surrogacy, i.e. the surrogate mother receives no compensation, and Luxembourg does not allow surrogacy, making it criminally equivalent to organ trafficking.
Austria
In Austria surrogacy is forbidden by law. It is therefore not a recommended country for surrogacy.
Poland
It is therefore not a recommended country for surrogacy. Consult your family advisor at Gestlife to help you compare the programs, and explain the advantages or disadvantages of each one.
