My wife and I would like to adopt her niece. A 9 year old girl. Both her mother ans father approve of the adoption as it will mainly for UK schooling etc. Has any one had any experience of doing this

Check your embassy first before your process. It's very time consuming to apply the required legal documents. Good luck.

I adopted my wifes son. Do a search on this forum, or PM me and i'll give you the info. The process takes about 18 months although after about 6 months you will be able to take her to the UK.

Barry

Is it that easy to adopt a kid whose parents are still alive?

Could my wife and I adopt her younger sister and send her to secondary school in the UK?

Adopting family members to give them a better life in the UK might be very 'Thai' but it would seem to be in contradiction with the imigration rules.

From the British Embassy Website

How does my adopted child qualify to join me in the UK?

You, or your child, must show that he or she:

cannot support themselves financially, is not married and is not living independently away from their parents

is under 18 years of age

was adopted when both parents lived together abroad or when one or the other parent was settled in the UK

has the same rights as any other child of the adoptive parents

was adopted because their birth parents could not care for them and there has been a full and genuine transfer of parental responsibility

has broken all ties with their birth family, and

was not adopted just to make it easier to enter the UK.

If the intention of adoption is to get access to an easier life/free education/free health care. Then I think the above highlighted text would come into effect.

As a UK Tax payer I can see the sense in this.