I'm new to this - please forgive my ignorance

April 10, 2012

I've done some more digging on this and the closest I can find are here:

[url]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/392/pdfs/uksi_20050392_en.pdf[/url]

It's called "The Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005". It largely talks about a British (or EC country) resident who is "settled" in the UK and wants to adopt a foreign child. Nothing definitive, but I did see a quote about wanting to dissuade British Nationals from trying to import adopted children unless they had been through all the procedures. (The Hague Convention)

This may also be of interest: [url]http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/residency/intercountryadoption.pdf[/url]

If we have effectively adopted a child in Vietnam via the most official government agency possible, and we later wished to go and visit my mother in the UK, I wonder what the rules for allowing the child in the country for a holiday / vaccation are.

David