Apply for a Right Of Abode for a Surrogate Child - Specialist Child Visa Solicitors

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

A surrogate child who has acquired British nationality after the legal parents obtained a parental order for the child can apply for the Right of Abode rather than a British passport. An application for Right of Abode may take less time than an application for a British passport, and therefore, in some cases, the legal parents of the surrogate child may opt to apply for Right of Abode for the child instead of applying for a British passport.

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Application For Parental Order After Child's Birth

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.

How Can We Help?

Our specialist team of child visa solicitors can provide expert immigration advice and legal representation on a fixed-fee basis in relation to your application for the right of abode as a surrogate child. Our fixed fee for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child will cover all the work of our child visa solicitors until the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) issues a decision. The casework to be carried out by our child visa solicitors in relation to your application for right of abode as a surrogate child will entail the following:

Advice on requirements: Our child visa solicitors will advise you on the relevant requirements you have to meet for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child to succeed.

Advice on documents: Our child visa solicitors will prepare and email you a comprehensive list of supporting documents to be submitted in support of your application for right of abode as a surrogate child.

Assessment of documents: Our child visa solicitors will assess your documents to ensure that all documents you provide in support of your application for right of abode as a surrogate child comply with the requirements of the Immigration Rules.

Completing the application form: Our child visa solicitors will complete the relevant application form for your application for right of abode as a surrogate child.

Booking an appointment with the application centre: After you submit your application for right of abode online, our child visa solicitors will book your appointment with the application centre to enrol your biometrics.

Preparing a detailed cover letter: Our specialist child visa solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the right of abode application, explaining that all relevant legal requirements have been satisfied for the approval of the right of abode as a surrogate child.

Uploading documents online: Before the biometrics enrolment date, our child visa solicitors will upload online all the supporting documents to be considered in support of the application for right of abode as a surrogate child.

Follow-up work: Our child visa solicitors will carry out all the follow-up work until the decision by the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) on the application for right of abode as a surrogate child.

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