adopting wifes niece

[lordna]

My wife , a filipina, is here on a settlement visa along with her 5 year old child.

Her niece of 6 years old and my wifes daughter were virtually inseperable before they came here to the UK 3 months ago.
Her niece is the daughter of her sister who is a single parent with little prospect of supporting her child.
What we would like to know is if it would be possible to adopt or become guardians of her niece so she could join us in the uk? We could then support her niece and the two children could be together again.

Any suggestions on how we could go about doing this?

[stevewool]

wow what a nice thought good luck and keep us imformed if you can , but sorry i dont know how to help you

[RickyR]

These websites may help you out a little bit:

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/howtoap...tedchildren#Q2

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...adoptedabroad/

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...ryadoption.pdf