Form A58: Apply for an adoption order
Use this form to apply to adopt a child who lives in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
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The UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are known in law as ‘The British Islands’, the term used on the form.
Accessing the PDF form
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download Adobe Reader for free
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Windows users - right-click on the form link then select ‘Save target as’ or ‘Save link as’
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Mac users - right-click on the form link then select ‘Save linked file as’ or ‘Save link as’
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save the form (in your ‘documents’ folder, for example)
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open Adobe Reader and then select the saved form
If the form still doesn’t open, contact hmctsforms@justice.gov.uk.
Read the notes on this page to find out how to complete the form.
Find out more about adopting a child.
To apply for a Convention adoption order (where the child and the adopters are habitually resident in different countries, both of which are contracting States to the 1993 Hague Convention), use Form A59.
To apply to adopt a child who’s been brought to the UK for adoption from a country that is not a contracting State to the 1993 Hague Convention, use Form A60.
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Last updated 1 July 2022 + show all updates
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Uploaded new Welsh language version of A58.
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Added a Welsh page and Welsh version of the HTML
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The eligibility criteria for applying at note 13 has been amended in the English and Welsh A58 notes documents.
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Statement of truth amended on the form.
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First published.