Adoption from abroad - is it possible?

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Hi,
Perhaps a slightly odd question. Is it possible to adopt from the UK when you live in a different country?
We moved abroad (EU country) about 3 years ago and will possibly stay here for a while. We've already got a DS, who is now nearly 5, but would like to look into the possibility of adopting as well. We had already started the process to adopt one or two children over the age of 3 back in the UK but then I got pregnant with DS and both wasn't possible.
The thing is, we speak English at home and most of our friends do, too. DS attends a bilingual school. We'll probably move back to the UK in a few years. Sure, we could try and adopt locally but that tends to be tricky. I'm also worried about bringing a child into the family, who then doesn't just have to try and adapt to this new situation but would also have the language (and to some extend the home culture) issue to deal with.
I'm not sure whether I'm just overthinking this...

No you can't do that, sorry. According to the law:

You do not have to be a British citizen to adopt a child, but:
you (or your partner, if you’re a couple) must have a fixed and permanent home in the UK, Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
you (and your partner, if you’re a couple) must have lived in the UK for at least 1 year before you begin the application process

If you’re planning to come back to the U.K. it would be much simpler to wait until you returned. The assessment process would be tricky and placing a child outside the U.K. presents practical and legislative challenges (it’s not the same as someone in the U.K. adopting internationally, which is tricky in itself). I also imagine Brexit won’t help the situation.

You could make enquiries but I’d be surprised if agencies would consider you at the moment as there are huge backlogs following Covid and your assessment would be far from straightforward.

The law for U.K. citizens is actually about where you are domiciled - which isn’t about where you currently live, but where your permanent home is, eg someone on a fixed term posting overseas could technically adopt from the U.K. if it could be shown they are domiciled here.

A non U.K. citizen needs to meet a condition of residence specifically but a U.K. citizen doesn’t if they can evidence they are domiciled here.

Thank you. I figured it might be an issue.
I had started to look into fostering here. We've got a big house, garden, both of us are teachers...so the conditions are pretty good on that front. Foster carers are in high demand. It's just the language I'm a little worried about. I'm not sure they'd place any children with us if we don't actually speak the local language at home.
Fostering here tends to be long term, generally until the child is 18. I wouldn't want to just hand a child back after a few years when we do move. It wouldn't be fair to just leave him or her behind.

Regarding applying for adoption once we are back, I think we'd be too old by then. We'd most likely be in our 50s.