Traveling with child - Legal Letter

When Yris's young relatives visited us in Canada their dad had to get a letter from the government, for money of course.

I have just had to get a letter from immigration as the kids are travelling to Uk with their father but without their mother. Any children who are minors have to have permission to leave the country from immigration - for lots of money of course!!!

Matilda said:

I have just had to get a letter from immigration as the kids are travelling to Uk with their father but without their mother. Any children who are minors have to have permission to leave the country from immigration - for lots of money of course!!!

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At what age does this stop? I'm bringing my neice to DR in January, she's 13.

KeithF said:

At what age does this stop? I'm bringing my neice to DR in January, she's 13.

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Sorry, that should be 14yrs old.

Travelling 17th January.

For Dominican Citizens, under 18.

I can't honestly answer that, all i know is Pedro had to get a permission letter from the Government so that 2 minors( 14 and 17) could travel out of country with my wife(cousin) who was escorting them to Canada. At no time did the US or Canadian Customs ask to see this letter. You should be able to have a letter drawn up my a lawyer that the father will sign that will cover more than one trip(like forever), but I think the DR government still require you to get a permission letter from them. Money grab as per usual.

bob saunders said:

I can't honestly answer that, all i know is Pedro had to get a permission letter from the Government so that 2 minors( 14 and 17) could travel out of country with my wife(cousin) who was escorting them to Canada. At no time did the US or Canadian Customs ask to see this letter. You should be able to have a letter drawn up my a lawyer that the father will sign that will cover more than one trip(like forever), but I think the DR government still require you to get a permission letter from them. Money grab as per usual.

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If the child entered the country without the parent(s), then he/she can leave without the parent(s). This is specifically stated in an addendum (exception) of the law (where's our in-house lawyer to elaborate on this point). Also, the letter needs to be notarized, remember, Notary Publics need to make a living as well...

juanita said:

I just learned that I DO need legal papers from immigration, a process that usually takes 2 days but will need to do it VIP as I need them asap. Cost VIP $1485 + Cost Procuradora $700 and some stamp: $522. Will need: Birth Certificate, Passports (Kid, mine), 2 photos (2x2), Cedula father. Apparently they are very strict with these papers now.

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Juanita, two months ago I travelled with my daughters Alex (14) and Angela (12), and at the airport's immigration booth was asked for the authorization papers. I told the officer that we had entered the country without the authorization, a fact that could be verified by checking the passport's entrance stamps. After a short consultation with the head of the airport's immigration office, we were cleared to travel, and were told that there is an exception in the law for children who arrived into the country with only one parent. On my return trip, through Venezuela's Maiquet?a airport, i was given a more difficult time, and I was persuaded to obtain full custody on my next trip, since Venezuela has also tightened their immigration controls on minors.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1103.html

KeithF said:

At what age does this stop? I'm bringing my neice to DR in January, she's 13.

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Hopefully, this can be of use to you:

Travel of children and EXIT requirements: In an effort to prevent international child abduction, the Dominican Republic requires that minors under 18 years of age traveling alone, or with anyone other than a parent, present written authorization from a parent or legal guardian. (Note: The age limit for this requirement was raised in July 2004 from 13 to 18.) This authorization must be in Spanish, and it must be notarized at a Dominican consulate in the United States or notarized and then certified at the Attorney General?s office if done in the Dominican Republic. Though not a requirement, the U.S. Embassy recommends that any minor traveling to the Dominican Republic without one or both parents should have a notarized document from the parent(s). In addition to clarifying the reason for travel, this will facilitate departure from the Dominican Republic.

Dominican immigration authorities may restrict the ability of children to depart the country with only a birth certificate, especially when those children are American citizens of Dominican heritage. Due to this policy, the Embassy strongly urges that children who normally reside in the United States obtain a passport in the U.S. before traveling to the Dominican Republic. Likewise, U.S. citizen children normally resident in the Dominican Republic should obtain a passport from the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo before traveling to the United States. The specific guidelines on the Dominican regulations governing the travel of children in the Dominican Republic can be found (in Spanish) at DIRECCION GENERAL DE MIGRACION - [D. G. M.].