Entry Clearance Guidance - General Instructions
Chapter 14 Annex 2 - Countries specified in the adoption order 1973
a. Commonwealth countries
| Anguilla | Malaysia |
| Australia | Malta |
| Bahamas | Mauritius |
| Barbados | Montserrat |
| Belize | Namibia |
| Bermuda | New Zealand |
| Botswana | Nigeria |
| British Virgin Islands | Pitcairn Island |
| Canada | St. Christopher and Nevis |
| Cayman Islands | St. Vincent |
| Cyprus | Seychelles |
| Dominica | Singapore |
| Fiji | South Africa |
| Ghana | Sri Lanka |
| Gibraltar | Swaziland |
| Guyana | Tanzania |
| Hong Kong | Tonga |
| Jamaica | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Kenya | Uganda |
| Lesotho | Zambia |
| Malawi | Zimbabwe |
b. Foreign countries
| Austria | Israel |
| Belgium | Italy |
| China (but only where the child | Luxembourg |
| was adopted on or after | The Netherlands |
| 5 April 1993 and will be living | (including the Antilles) |
| in England or Wales, or on | Norway |
| or after 10 July 1995 and will be | Portugal (including the |
| living in Scotland, or on | Azores and Madeira) |
| or after 19 February 1996 and will | Spain (including the |
| be living in Northern Ireland) | Balearics and Canary |
| Denmark (including Greenland | Islands) |
| and the Faroes) | Surinam |
| Finland | Sweden |
| France (including Reunion, | Switzerland |
| Martinique, Guadeloupe and | Turkey |
| French Guyana) | United States of America |
| Germany | Yugoslavia (but none of |
| Greece | the states which make up |
| Iceland | the former Yugoslavia) |
| Ireland |
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