Suspension of adoptions in Kazakhstan

It is temporary suspension. Kazakhstan will become a party to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children. Government of Kazakhstan stated it will not accept any new intercountry adoption dossiers until it completes adoption reforms, which is expected to be March 2011, at the earliest. What my understanding is that it is unclear when the program will be re-open, maybe very soon. We were not informed by my agency ( a well-known licensed agency in Ontario) at all back in 2010 when we signed up to the program, now is still in the painful process of getting our money back.