Hi,
My Dominican fiancee for whom I am submitting a US fiancee K-1 visa application has one minor child that she will bring with her to the US. She was never married to the father of the child, but the father IS listed on the child's birth certificate.
There is no formal custody agreement, and the child currently spends time with both of them, mostly out of convenience due to the mother's work hours, otherwise the child would be with her full time.
The father has already said he will allow the child to leave the country to be with her mother.
Is a simple certified/notarized letter by the father signed in the presence of a lawyer stating that he gives permission for the child to leave the country to live with the mother and her fiance, me, all that is needed?
Or does the father have to sign something that says he releases all custody rights as well?
Do we need copy of father's cedula and copies of his birth certificate as well to satisfy Dominican exit customs and US entrance customs?
Or is the notarized permission letter all we need along with the approved K-1 visa docs?
My Dominican fiancee for whom I am submitting a US fiancee K-1 visa application has one minor child that she will bring with her to the US. She was never married to the father of the child, but the father IS listed on the child's birth certificate.
There is no formal custody agreement, and the child currently spends time with both of them, mostly out of convenience due to the mother's work hours, otherwise the child would be with her full time.
The father has already said he will allow the child to leave the country to be with her mother.
Is a simple certified/notarized letter by the father signed in the presence of a lawyer stating that he gives permission for the child to leave the country to live with the mother and her fiance, me, all that is needed?
Or does the father have to sign something that says he releases all custody rights as well?
Do we need copy of father's cedula and copies of his birth certificate as well to satisfy Dominican exit customs and US entrance customs?
Or is the notarized permission letter all we need along with the approved K-1 visa docs?