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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From my understanding, surrogacy and embryo adoption are illegal in Austria, but egg donation is legal. So if you might be interested in trying another cycle with donor eggs, you should be able to do so with a local clinic once you arrive in Austria. Your child would be a US citizen only; they would not receive Austrian citizenship, and you would apply for a US consular certificate of birth abroad, together with a local Austrian certificate of birth. Then you can apply for the US passport, SSN etc. (I am an earlier poster who gave birth in Germany so I know this process).

You are correct also that many Europeans and American citizens living in Europe travel to the Czech Republic for IVF and surrogacy. IVF is about $5,000 and surrogacy is about $50,000 USD so prices are much lower in the Czech Republic than other parts of Europe and of course the United States.

Your other option is to hire a surrogate in the United States. You could travel back stateside for any milestone appointments and then of course for the birth and several weeks/months after when you will need to obtain the official documents necessary to bring your child back to Austria (passport, visa, SSN, adding child to employee’s insurance and orders/contract etc.). It does not matter if you are bringing a child to Austria from the United States as long as you have the proper documentation; there is no difference between whether you gave birth to the child, a surrogate did, or you adopted.

Where you may need to do a bit more research and potentially consult with a legal specialist is if you do hire a surrogate that is not located in your country of citizenship nor in your country of residence, and understanding how that process works to legally bring a child from the Czech Republic into Austria. I do know women who have been in a tiny bit of a similar situation; US citizens who were stationed with their husbands at a small military installation in Poland or Spain and were provided the option to come to the large american military hospital in Germany to deliver their babies as there was not care up to American standard at their locations. So people who did have a child in a different country from their citizenship and residence (though it was for biological birth and coordinated through the military). Your particulars (surrogate and not having affiliation with the US government) I think would require some further legal guidance. A good place to start would your / your spouse’s employer’s legal department and also the US Embassy in Austria.
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Not OP. Thank you for this thorough information.[/quote]

You’re welcome. We did IVF in Europe and I had my baby overseas and it is not an easy or straightforward process at all. Europe has such strict rules generally regarding ART and I had such a hard time finding any resources or authority about any part of the process, so when I’m able to give even a tiny bit of info that could help somebody else in a similar situation I am happy to! [/quote]

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