A middle-aged Japanese couple who became parents of a
child born to a surrogate mother through IVF (in-vitro fertilisation) had to
face bureaucratic hurdles to procure a passport for their newborn.
Reason: According to the surrogacy certificate
submitted to the passport office, the couple's embryo was transferred into the
surrogate mother in September 2014, she tested positive for pregnancy in June
2014 and the baby was delivered in February this year.
If the conception took place before the embryo
transfer, as the document issued by Anand-based Dr Nayna Patel stated, the
child was clearly not theirs and therefore the nationality of the newborn was
questionable.So, the officials at Regional Passport Office sought clarity on
the matter from the commissioning parents.
