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to travel with our baby overseas?
I mean, do we need any paperwork? He's OK with the trip 
I'm traveling overseas with the baby for the very first time next week and my child is a citizen of the US and my country. DC already has an American passport and a passport of my country. My country requires my husband's written consent to allow us to leave the country on our way back so we already have that in hands, do I need any special paperwork from the US to be able to leave the country? I've checked the gov's website but besides all the warnings of child abduction I don't see anything related to paperwork besides having her passport. Thanks. |
Anonymous
| What country passport do YOU hold? I think (not sure) you can leave with the baby, but I don't know about getting back in |
Anonymous
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You should travel with a notarized letter from your husband stating it's okay to travel with her. The written consent you have for you home country should suffice.
I don't know how well immigration or airline officials in this country look for that - but they are supposed to. |
Anonymous
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OP,
Bring one just in case. I needed one for Mexico, but not for France, Italy, Scotland, Ecuador. I have a U.S. passport. |
Anonymous
| I live abroad (St. Lucia) and have never needed one when traveling with our child. My husband has also never been asked for one, nor has my child's grandparents, who have traveled with her to and from St. Lucia. That being said, to be on the safe side, when our daughter travels with her grandparents, we always give them one to have in their back pocket just in case. |
Anonymous
How did you find out which countries you needed the letter for and which you didn't? You just had the letter and took the chances? Our country of destination - and my citizenship - is Brazil. My visa is all set to allow me back in the US and my baby has an US passport, my concern is about leaving the US. To those who had the letter written is it a special form of I can just have DH writing the letter on his own and notarizing it? |
Anonymous
It doesn't have to do with the country, it's whether or not the airline's gate/ticketing agents know the rules and decide to apply them. Chances are, most agents will let you pass, but you never know, so just in case, make sure you have the letter. No, there's no special form. Just have your husband write a simple letter and get it notarized. I would carry a copy of your child's birth certificate too. Just to be safe. |
Anonymous
| They make you go through so many hoops to get a passport for a child, I'm pretty sure that if you present the child's American passport, that's good enough for departure from the U.S. If it's not clear by your names that you are related, however, I'd bring a copy of your child's birth certificate with your name on it. |
Anonymous
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Canada always asks me if I have a letter from my husband (he drives up and I fly with the baby to visit his family). The US has never asked us on the way out. We all have US passports; my husband is entitled to but doesn't carry a Canadian one.
There's no special format, as far as I know, and last time we didn't even get it notarized because we forgot until the last minute. All we write is something along the lines of "My wife, Jane Doe, has my permission to travel to Canada with our son, Jack Doe. I will be joining them on vacation on XX, 2010. Please contact me at 202-XXX-XXXX with any questions or concerns." |
Anonymous
| Hi OP. I'm on the same boat (maybe we're from the same country?) and it's never clear what the procedure is to leave the US with a minor and what documents are mandatory or simply advisable to have. It amazes me that in a country with so many security concerns the government delegates control over who's leaving the country to the airlines. Every country I visited so far have a passport control on exit, where they check who you are, where you're going, authorization form for children, etc. but here...nothing! You just hand your passport to the airline person and they collect your forms (I-94 and the like). Anyway, back to your question, I couldn't find any official page so if I were you, I'd do a form similar to those here (http://www.samplewords.com/child-travel-consent-form-international/) and here (http://www.notary.org/PDFs/-Consent%20to%20Travel%20Form.pdf) and have them signed by your DH at the notary. |
Anonymous
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9:47 NO! U.S. citizens need one for Mexico for certain.
Since OP is a Brazilian citizen, there may be different rules. OP, I'd have on for your outgoing flight as well. Better safe than sorry. |
Anonymous
| Ops, 9:58 here again. Hadn't seen your reply before submitting. Brazilian here too! I guess from all the responses, no wonder there are so many cases of child abduction if anyone (including not the parents!) can leave the country with a child without showing proof of parental consent. Happy travels OP! |
Anonymous
Then please show me on the State Department website where this is spelled out. |
Anonymous
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NP here - 10:23 - I don't know where exactly this says so, but we've traveled to Mexico and one the letter b/c I heard they have stringent requriements to prevent interational child abduction. We didn't need it they chose not to ask for it) but had it.
My DH and I always get a letter from my stepdaugter's mom when we travel. We've never needed, but its easy enough to get and why not? PP is spot on when she said it matters whether gate agents know the right rules. We also authorize medical care in the letter. |
Anonymous
| I wrote a letter allowing my DH to take our DC for a summer vacation overseas without me and gave the dates of travel. Then I got it notarized. Nobody asked for it, but I would keep it on hand to avoid any delays. |