Intercountry Adoption

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the extent to which the UK's immigration rules on adopted children (a) meet obligations under the Hague Adoption Convention and (b) adequately support families with adopted children within the visa system.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 11th September 2017

Any non-European Economic Area national child wishing to come to the UK to settle here with their parent must apply for entry clearance under the family Immigration Rules. These make provision for a child whose adoption is legally recognised under the Hague Convention or otherwise and for a child to come to the UK for the purposes of adoption, providing that particular requirements and safeguards are met.

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