How guided checklists work
Every Kinavoy plan is organised into three parts. Where we’ve reviewed the official guidance, a guided checklist gives you the steps to start from. Everywhere else, you add the steps your lawyer, agency or embassy gives you, in the same place.
Your plan in three parts
- 1
Your journey plan
The steps every family needs: reviewing agreements and payment milestones, getting written medical reports, and planning flexible travel.
Guided for every family
- 2
Steps in your destination
The legal and paperwork steps where your baby is born: local legal advice, birth registration, parentage documents, and leaving the country with your baby.
Guided for MexicoOther countries: your own steps
- 3
Your baby’s citizenship & passport
Your home country’s steps to recognise your baby as a citizen and get a first passport: evidence, the application, and passport forms.
Guided for AustraliaOther countries: your own steps
Guided checklists available today
Australian citizenship & passport
Guided checklistParent identity and citizenship evidence · birth and surrogacy records · translations · lodging the citizenship-by-descent application in ImmiAccount · DNA evidence, only if requested · passport forms and consent. Works for a birth in any country.
Checked against official sources on 15 October 2026Mexico local process
Guided checklistConfirming the process for your Mexican state · birth registration and certificate · how parentage is documented · legalisation and translations · your baby’s documents for leaving Mexico.
Starting template, checked 15 October 2026. Awaiting review by a Mexican lawyer, so confirm every step locally.Any other country
Your own stepsAdd the steps your advisers give you: what to do, who’s responsible, the evidence needed and the date.
More guided countries are comingHow it works in your plan
- During setup, choose your destination and the country where your baby will hold citizenship.
- With Annual, the matching guided tasks are added to your plan automatically, in the right part.
- Open a task to see what to do, the evidence to gather and any official forms.
- Check each step with your advisers, and add, edit or remove tasks to match your situation. Dates linked to the birth estimate move when it changes.
Good to know
- Guided checklists are planning help, not legal advice. They can’t tell you whether an arrangement is lawful or guarantee citizenship.
- Where you live matters. For example, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland restrict overseas commercial surrogacy for their residents. Ask a lawyer about your situation before you start.
- Ask your clinic for written medical reports, not just video calls. Authorities may ask for medical records, agreements or DNA evidence.
- If your destination changes, earlier tasks stay in your plan, marked as from an earlier destination, so you don’t lose your progress.