Guidance

Intercountry adoption: exception requests

Information about exception requests to adopt children from countries with special restrictions.

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

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This document is for prospective adopters explaining the Department for Education’s process for handling exception requests to adopt children from countries where special restrictions are in place.

Updates to this page

Published 12 March 2021
Last updated 3 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. 'Exception requests: adoptions from countries with special restrictions' has been updated to reflect policy changes on how exception requests are processed.

  2. First published.

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