GOV.UK
Guidance
Surrogacy overseas
- From:
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office
- Part of:
- British nationals overseas
- Published:
- 19 June 2013
- Last updated:
- 26 June 2014, see all updates
Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.
Document
Surrogacy overseas
PDF, 637KB, 14 pages
Details
Contents of this document include:
- overview
- surrogacy clinics and hospitals
- British nationality and passport facilities
- when the surrogate mother is single
- when surrogate mother is married
- parental rights
- registering your child’s birth with the British Embassy
- legal advice
- specific India and Nepal advice and visa, entry and exit clearance requirements
- disclaimer
- list of documents required to apply for passport without registration
- list of documents required when registering your child as a British national
- British High Commission in New Delhi’s standard letter for medical visa applications
- covering page for applications to register a child born through surrogacy
The procedures set out in this document are based on advice from the Home Office.
Document information
Published: 19 June 2013
Updated: 26 June 2014
- Updated document
- Updated guidance.
- First published.
From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office Home Office
Part of: British nationals overseas