Guidance: Adoption: caseworker guidance

Hm Passport Office

August 8

15:53 2024

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

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

8 August 2024
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.
4 November 2022
This guidance has been updated to reflect the change in our sovereign from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to His Majesty King Charles III.
7 September 2022
Accessible version added.
1 November 2021
Updated guidance.
7 February 2012
First published.