[sak9645]

You've posted on a board that is primarily for Americans, Canadians, and other people adopting from the nations of Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. You might do better posting on the board that is for people both inside and outside the U.S., who are adopting U.S. kids.

I believe that most adoptions of U.S. kids by non-U.S. citizens involve older children and children with special needs. It is much harder to adopt a healthy infant, simply because there are relatively few healthy infants to be adopted. Even many U.S. citizens wait a long time, unless they happen to be lucky. U.S. citizens often choose to adopt from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, or Latin America, simply because it isn't easy to adopt domestically, even if parents are open to a non-White child.

I do think that you might find that some birthparents are not willing to place with people who will be raising their child abroad, particularly since the trend is to open adoption and some ongoing contact between the birth and adoptive families. However, I would think that others might be comfortable about the U.K.

You would do well to contact some agencies and see, first off, if they will accept non-U.S. citizens and, second, what their experience has been with birthmothers and their wishes regarding the citizenship and residency of the adoptive parents.

If you find that you cannot adopt a U.S. child, you may want to consider adopting from a third country. You won't be able to do this while living in the U.S., as U.S. law prohibits granting an adoption visa to a child unless one parent is a U.S. citizen. But if you will be going back to the U.K. in the next two years or so, you can certainly wait and adopt when you return. Many British citizens have adopted from countries such as China.

Sharon