Adoption and Citizenship Applications

• Adoption applications involving a non-citizen child with a birth certificate issued by the National Registration Department (JPN).
• Assistance with a child’s citizenship application as a separate matter from adoption.
• Communication with the Social Welfare Department (JKM) on matters relating to the proposed adoption.

An initial discussion can clarify the child’s present documentation, the arrangement you hope to establish, previous applications and any unresolved questions. Adoption does not automatically confer Malaysian citizenship. The adoption route and any citizenship application need to be considered separately, with the relevant authority determining its own application.

Bring the child’s birth certificate and available identity or travel documents, the prospective adoptive parents’ identification, and any existing JPN or JKM correspondence. A simple account of the child’s care arrangements and available information about the birth parents will help explain the background. These are useful starting materials for discussion, rather than a complete list of application requirements.

• ✓Existing DocumentsRelevant agreements, applications, notices and records concerning adoption and citizenship applications.
• ✓Supporting InformationCorrespondence, identification details and any documents referred to in your initial discussion.
• ✓Chronology and PrioritiesKey dates, steps already taken, outstanding concerns and the assistance you wish to discuss.