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traveling to USA with DD, different last names

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 09:28

Hi all,

I thought I'd try a post, since I am unable to get in touch with the US Embassy or Consulate. (Thanks, guys, glad you still make me pay taxes).
We are citizens and will be going home in July for a month. Thing is, DD has my husband's last name and I kept mine, and he's not coming with. Two questions:
1.) What documentation do I need from him? I have copies of her birth cert. so I can prove she's my daughter, but I think I also need to prove that DH approves of our travel and I'm not abducting her.

2.) Do I need anything similar for the UAE? If so, does it need to be in Arabic and translated and notarised and attested and all that stuff?

TIA!

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EW GURU
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 11:30
My LO and I have different last names and I traveled to the US frequently without my dh and had NOOOO problems in customs/immigration on either side <em>edited by bornconfused on 21/04/2011</em>
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 10:36
If you are US citizen why would you need any kind of paperwork. Probably been in Dubai to long and seen all the longwinded procedures here. Not so true that she doesn't need any documents. It's not a matter of being US citizen or not. It's a security measure each country takes to insure that children are not smuggled, kidnapped, etc. I fly a lot with my kids(Fathers name on their passports, I kept my name), never any problems till one day. Upon arrival to UK, I have been asked to produce document stating my chicldren are mine. Lucily I always carry long birth cefiticates so there was no issues. The custom officer said to me that the have all rights and authority to check the identity of all, especially if parent and children carry different surname.I would advise, just in case, carry birth certificates and marriage cerificate. The only thing I find disturbing is that both of my kids are under 5 years of age, and photos in their passports are Baby Photos! So how are they able to confirm that toddler I'm carrying on me, say 2 years old is the child in the passport?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 10:29
Dear Klee, I know DH insists on having/providing a travel letter when either of us are traveling alone with the kids. Certain counties (Canada for example) are quite vigilant about checking for potential child abductions. refer to the following for some guidance: http://travelwithkids.about.com/cs/carplanetips/a/crossborders.htm http://www.ppt.gc.ca/planification/16-.aspx?lang=eng from the Canadian government provides a good example of a travel consent letter. Unsure about having it notarized, DH normally gets one of his friends who are a lawyer to certify the signatures and attached passport copies. Hope this helps,
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 10:25
Finally did hear back: "Thank you for your April 21, 2011 email regarding your travel to US. Please note that in order to travel to US, you do not need any consent letter from her father. However, for your UAE, you may contact the UAE immigration office. Please visit the UAE ministry of interior website: http://www.moieserv.ae/website/index-en.html We hope this information will helpful to you." Love the great English!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 10:13
Thanks quinness, I had thought the US put all sorts of things in place to prevent one parent from abducting their kid and leaving the US.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 09:33
If you are US citizen why would you need any kind of paperwork. Probably been in Dubai to long and seen all the longwinded procedures here.
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EW OLDHAND
Latest post on 21 April 2011 - 09:29
None. I always travel with my kids - and they have DH's last name and I kept mine. But I've never been asked about it at all. And my kids are little - 6 and 2 and 6 months. <em>edited by guinness on 21/04/2011</em>
 
 

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