September 2007


Adoption is illegal under the laws and Constitution of Comoros.  Comoran law recognizes a “Delegation de l’autorite parental”, which delegates parental authority to someone other than the child’s parent, but this is only available to Comoran citizens.  While Comoran citizens can use this process to emigrate a child from Comoros, Comoran law forbids them to adopt the child after leaving Comoros .  The Embassy is not aware of any mechanism in Comoran law that would allow non-Comoran citizens to assume guardianship of a child for the purpose of taking him/her to the another country to conclude a full and final adoption.  Thus, there appears to be no legal mechanism for a Comoran child to qualify for an immigrant visa as an adopted child or a child to be adopted internationally.