Quote Originally Posted by lordna View Post
Sorry about the delay in responding as we were away in the Philippines and just got back after 4 weeks.

We gave up on waiting for a new NBI clearance and fortunately my wife had an NBI clearance obtained just before she left the Philippines to start living here. This document was considered acceptable by the local authority adoption team (but i suspect this was because they were not familiar with what they were actually looking at!).

On the adoption that has now all gone through and we attend a celebratory hearing next week. My step daughter now shares the same surname as myself and my wife. However, there is a next step involved as the new birth certificate and adoption order paperwork has to be taken up to the Philippine embassy London to be sent on to the NBI. I will also need to update my step daughters dual passports, but i'm sure there is no real rush to complete these final tasks.
Very well done and many congratulations to you all