International Surrogacy

International Surrogacy is defined as a surrogacy arrangement, regardless of how it is organised, involving an overseas country. This includes:

• surrogacy involving a commercial arrangement ie. in instances where money is paid to the surrogate mother and/or the medical practitioner and the surrogacy procedure takes place through a designated fertility clinic; and
  
• surrogacy involving a compassionate or altruistic arrangement ie. the surrogate is know to the commissioning parent(s) and an arrangement has been made between both groups without any profit made.

New Zealanders thinking about international surrogacy as an option for their family should seek independent legal advice, and consult the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Immigration New Zealand (INZ) and Child, Youth and Family (CYF) before beginning the process. It is important to ensure that any child born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement is able to enter and reside permanently in New Zealand if that is the intention.

More comprehensive information is available on the Child,Youth and Family (CYF) website.

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Page last updated: Tuesday, 25 August 2009, 11:29 NZST