Guidance

Adoption: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.

From:
HM Passport Office
Published
7 February 2012
Last updated
8 August 2024 — See all updates

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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff about UK and overseas adoption. It includes:

  • how adoptions affect nationality
  • the difference between a Hague Convention adoption and a local court adoption
  • countries where adoptions are restricted and we need extra evidence before we process the application

Updates to this page

Published 7 February 2012
Last updated 8 August 2024 + show all updates

  1. Guidance updated to tell examiners that a customer may be able to register as a British citizen if they were adopted in the UK by a British citizen and the adoption order was issued after they turned 18.

  2. This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.

  3. Accessible version added.

  4. Updated guidance.

  5. First published.

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