EEA family permit for adopted child

[siddiqr]

Dear All

I am a british citizen and my wife is a Norwegian national with uk permanent residence card. We applied for inter-country adoption with the intention to adopt a baby from an orphanage in Pakistan. After a lengthy home study, department of education issued us a certificate of eligibility in Nov 18. We are currently in Pakistan waiting to be matched with a child. Once we get the baby (likely to be newborn), can we apply for his/her eea family permit on the basis of my wife being Norwegian national with uk permanent residence? I understand from what i have read so far that legally adopted children are included in the definition of family members. If we can, this will solve a huge problem of waiting months away from home if applied for uk settlement visa which until now we thought was our only option.


Many thanks
Riz

[secret.simon]

Probably easiest for the child to apply for a Norwegian passport and travel on that Norwegian passport.

If you were adopted after 1 September 2006
If you were adopted by a Norwegian citizen on 1 September 2006 or later, you automatically became a Norwegian citizen if you

- were under the age of 18 and
- the Norwegian authorities issued the adoption licence or
- the foreign adoption is approved/valid in Norway.

[siddiqr]

Hi secret.simon, thanks for your reply.
Unfortunately getting norsk passport is not that simple. Pakistan operates guardianship system which means there has to be a re-adoption process in Norway. I am hoping that given department of education have approved our adoption, we can use eea family permit to bring our baby home quicker.