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Applications By Surrogate Children - Specialist Solicitors for Surrogate Children

: Written by: Arshad Mahmood; Last Updated: 15 April 2026

You can bring your surrogate child to the UK either by applying for a British passport/nationality or by applying for an appropriate UK visa to join you in the UK. If your surrogate gives birth abroad, you can only apply for a parental order if you and your partner are living in the UK. If the child is not a UK or EU national, they will need a visa to enter the UK during this process. Using a surrogate abroad can be complicated because different countries have different rules. You may want to get legal advice or contact the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority for more information.

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UK Visa and Immigration Applications By Surrogate Children

As specialist child visa solicitors based in London, we can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations for the following applications made by the surrogate children under the UK immigration and nationality laws:

Surrogacy Agreements

The intended parents and surrogate can record how they want the arrangement to work in a surrogacy agreement. Surrogacy agreements are not enforceable by UK law, even if you have a signed document with your surrogate and have paid their expenses. However, the surrogacy agreement may be enforceable under the law of the country in which the child is born, and the agreement may provide for the jurisdiction of that country to resolve any disputes arising from it.

Parental Order to Become the Legal Parent of the Surrogate Child

You must apply for a parental order or adoption if you want to become the legal parent of the child. You can apply for a parental order with a partner or on your own. One of you must be genetically related to the child - in other words, be the egg or sperm donor.

You must be one of the following:

married
civil partners
living as partners

You must also:

have the child living with you
reside permanently in either the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man

You must apply within 6 months of the child’s birth.

You must be genetically related to the child - in other words, be the egg or sperm donor.

You must also:

have the child living with you
reside permanently in either the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man

From 4 July 2019, you must apply for parental order within 6 months of the child’s birth to become legal parent of the surrogate child.

Once your child is born, you will need to become the child’s legal parent. More information on how to do this can be found online Surrogacy: legal rights of parents and surrogates.

A Parental Order can only be made by the court in England and Wales after the child has reached the UK. Pursuant to 54 and 54A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, at least one of the intended parents (or the intended parent in the case of single applicants) must be domiciled in the UK or the Chanel islands or the Isle of Man, and the child must be living with the intended parent or parents in the UK at the time of the Parental Order application. Further, Parental Orders may only be granted where at least one parent has a genetic link to the child. There are various other conditions that need to be met.

The process is different if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland. More information is contained in the guidance: Surrogacy: legal rights of parents and surrogates.

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