How to Choose a Surrogacy Agency in Georgia

Start with transparent responsibilities

An agency may coordinate many people without being legally responsible for everything they do.

Request the full legal name, registration information and contracting role of the agency, clinic, storage provider and any separate payment recipient. A brand name or local coordinator may not be the entity that owes the contractual duty. If several companies appear in the proposal, map which one invoices, holds funds, arranges treatment, retains records, communicates with the surrogate and supports the birth or exit process.

Separate coordination from professional advice. The clinic controls medical assessment and treatment; a lawyer advises an identified client; civil and consular authorities decide official-document questions. An agency should not be treated as the final authority on Georgian eligibility, foreign parentage recognition, nationality or passport issuance. Obtain advice from the competent professional or authority before relying on those conclusions.

Compare documents, payments and exclusions

A reliable comparison follows every important promise into the operative paperwork.

Ask for drafts before a non-trivial commitment whenever possible: the agency agreement, payment schedule, clinic terms, surrogate and donor document pathways, storage terms, refund language and any birth or exit scope. Record what is unavailable. A refusal or inability to provide an operative document does not prove misconduct, but it limits what can be verified and should affect the decision to pay or proceed.

Build a total-exposure view rather than comparing one advertised number. Identify the recipient, currency, tax treatment if stated, due date, milestone evidence, refundability and consequence of delay for each payment. Then test common changes: a cancelled cycle, repeat transfer, participant replacement, extended pregnancy support, hospital complication, translation, document correction, additional legal work or delayed travel.

Check treatment, records and exit planning

The proposal should explain how informed-consent documents are obtained, versioned and stored, and how instructions are communicated if the treatment plan changes. Ask who is the patient or data subject for each medical record and what written authority is required to receive it. Intended parents should not assume that a commercial relationship automatically gives access to another participant’s health or genetic information.

Exit planning should begin before birth. Request a written division of responsibility for the medical birth record, civil registration, copies and corrections, translation, apostille or legalization where required, embassy submissions, travel-document evidence and coordination with destination-country counsel. A provider can help prepare documents, but it cannot guarantee how a foreign authority will decide nationality, parentage recognition or passport eligibility.

Use an independent review checklist before committing

Independent legal review should identify the client, scope and evidence limits in writing. Counsel can compare documents, explain governing-law and dispute clauses, identify unclear obligations and coordinate country-specific advice. Counsel cannot verify every factual representation without evidence, provide medical advice, guarantee another participant’s conduct or promise an authority outcome.

Score proposals only after material gaps have been put to the agency in writing. A clear answer supported by a contract amendment or source document is more useful than an informal reassurance. If the response changes the commercial offer, ensure the final signed documents capture the change. Preserve the version reviewed and all annexes.

• Pause before signing if the contracting party or payment recipient is unclear.
• Do not rely on guaranteed medical, passport, recognition or completion outcomes.
• Escalate inconsistent documents, unexplained exclusions and pressure to pay before review.
• Coordinate Georgian advice with destination-country advice before an irreversible step.

Official sources and legal limits

The following primary sources informed this guide. Official English translations and service pages are useful orientation, but current Georgian text, implementing rules, authority practice and the particular facts should be checked before individual advice is given.