adopting from pakistan

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pukkapatch · 10/12/2007 00:27

dsis wants to adopt a baby in pakistan. does anyone know if she will be able to bring her baby back with her, or if she will have to move there for years before she can do so?

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bahKewcHumbug · 10/12/2007 11:53

if she is approved in this country before travlling to meet the baby then she can bring the baby back to this country but any adoption there is not legal here so the baby will need to be readopted here in the UK.

To avoid being approved in the Uk she needs to prove that she is not habitually resident in the UK so then she would have to live outside the UK for a period of time. There is no definition of habitually resident so how long she would need to live there to be considered habitually resident there is anyones guess.

These are the UK rules, no idea what the rules in Pakistan are.

Out of interest, there are many babies of pakistani origin in teh UK available for adoption, ist there a reason why she wouldn't consider a UK adoption. (assuming she is of Pakistani origin herself)

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pukkapatch · 10/12/2007 12:45

well, she has been living in pakistan for most of her married life. even though she is a uk national. her current job in the uk she was contratted from pakistan. but she has been here for two years now, and doesnt really plan on being here for more than a couple more years.#
she wants a newborn baby, and the possibility of that here is very small from wha ti have read. and the process very long and complicated from all that i have read here. taking years.

thanks kew. i will tell her whatou have said, and get her to think more about it.

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beemail · 11/12/2007 15:52

So she's based here at the present time and likely to be for next 2 yrs?
If so worth her going on www.icacentre.org.uk I think they have a downloadable booklet on adopting from Pakistan. There are at the current time few children adopted from Pakistan in this country and would think there are def reasons for this so worth reading up. Again not sure whether she is of Pakistani heritage but I think that would be something there may be quite strict rules about. The ICA centre run Information days for those in the early stages of considering adopting from overseas. As Kew says though there are some children available in the UK, some could very well be quite young but matching would no doubt take heritage into consideration and poss both partners would have to be of Pakistani heritage but worth an enquiry with local authority.

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pukkapatch · 13/12/2007 08:34

yes both of pakistani heritage.
i will have a look at that website, and pass it on to her.
thanks

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bran · 19/12/2007 02:58

Legally at least one adoptive parent has to be domiciled in the UK (which is different from a person's nationality). Scotland is slightly different, you only have to be resident there. If your dsis and her dh are planning to leave the UK in a couple of years then I don't think they could be considered to be domiciled in the UK.

If they are planning to move back to Pakistan in a couple of years then it might be easier, quicker and cheaper to wait until they are back there to adopt. A UK adoption is longish, and fairly bureaucratic, an international adoption is longer, more bureaucratic and expensive. We adopted our ds locally in London and it was a year to be approved as adopters, 2 more years for ds to be placed with us and another year before his adoption was finalised in court. By that timescale your dsis could have left the country before having a child placed with them.

They would be extremely unlikely to have a newborn place with them in the UK.
the decision to place a child for adoption can't be made until the child is at least 13 weeks old. Usually children aren't available to be adopted until social services have checked that there are no family members who are able to take him/her. Our ds was placed with us at nearly 11 months, and that was considered to be unusually young.

I wish them the best whatever they decide to do.

nimra · 08/04/2009 12:43

hi. i want to adopt from pakistan.how do i do this .both me and hubby have pakistan ids.
do i need to do anything from here like paper work.,i have my own
house and we both work.

Kewcumber · 29/04/2009 09:13

you need to consult your adoption team of social services. UNless you are resident in Pakistan then you need to do normal home study here then get your papers sent out there. DCFS/IAH mentioned below may also be able to give you Pakistans rules - age etc

meer · 18/09/2010 15:39

I have indefinite leave to remain in UK, do not have my own house, renting one. me and my husband want to adopt my brothers two sons from pakistan. is it possible?
plz some bdy tell me.
thanks

beemail · 18/09/2010 22:10

Quite often govts suspend adoption in periods following natural disasters - have no idea whether this would be the case in Pakistan but with present situation it may well be so worth checking I think with Intercountry Adoption Centre who will advise you on other aspects too including relative adoptions. Otherwise would agree with Kewcumber

KristinaM · 21/09/2010 12:48

it depends on a number of things - like the age of your nephews and why they cant stay with their parents or extended family in Pakistian. you would need to be assesed and approved by the authorities here in order to get a visa for them to enter the UK

Are you hoping to adopt them in Pakistan or in the UK?

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