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Adoption

The Designated List

a. Commonwealth countries

  
  • Anguilla
  • Gibraltar
  • Pitcairn Island
  • Australia
  • Guyana
  • St Christopher and Nevis
  • Bahamas
  • Hong Kong
  • St Vincent
  • Barbados
  • Jamaica
  • Seychelles
  • Belize
  • Kenya
  • Singapore
  • Bermuda
  • Lesotho
  • South Africa
  • Botswana
  • Malawi
  • Sri Lanka
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Malaysia
  • Swaziland
  • Canada
  • Malta
  • Tanzania
  • Cayman Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Tonga
  • Cyprus
  • Monserrat
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Dominica
  • Namibia
  • Uganda
  • Fiji
  • New Zealand
  • Zambia
  • Ghana
  • Nigeria
  • Zimbabwe

b. Foreign countries

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • China (but only where the child was adopted on or after 5 April 1993 and will be living in England or Wales or on or after 10 July 1995 and will be living in Scotland or on or after 19 February 1996 and will be living in Northern Ireland)
  • Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroes)
  • Finland
  • France (including Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guyana)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Iceland
  • The Republic of Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Norway
  • Portugal (including the Azores and Madeira)
  • Spain (including the Balearics and Canary Islands)
  • Surinam
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United States of America
  • Yugoslavia (but none of the states which make up the former Yugoslavia)
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