Guidance
Adoption: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff how adoption affects parental responsibility, nationality and passport applications.
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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 2012Last updated 8 August 2024 + show all updates
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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.
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This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.
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Accessible version added.
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Updated guidance.
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First published.