Immigration: Adoption
(asked on 6th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proof of adoption is required for a child adopted in a foreign jurisdiction to be deemed lawfully adopted by the UK authorities.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 14th November 2017
Children who claim to be adopted are not treated differently to biological children in determining immigration cases.
The UK automatically recognises adoptions from the list of designated countries that can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intercountry-adoption-information-for-adoption-agencies. The adoption order is required as proof of such adoptions.