if you go through the american citizen line, they will not make a big fuss over it.
Now here is another revelation i came across my last trip alone to usa. I was at dominican immigration going to usa and I happen to be put in line where they process the minors leaving the country with parent's consent letter. There was a stack of the letter there with 2 pictures pasted on the minor. it was some sort of printed form with bar code in the bottom. I need to go to atlanta with my kid in december and just to imagine going to lawyer, plus immigration office to get stamps plus 2 thousand pesos for immigration fees and then who knows how much the lawyer would charge etc. seems complicated. So I asked if there is an easier way to leave with a dominican born minor. to my surprise the consent letter process doesn't apply to me. I was told my kid is US citizen and the DAD as well (me) so we will both be treated like foreigners. so I insisted the mom is dominican, we all live in DR and the kid is born in santiago. Again I was asked, what passport the kid has and I responded, USA. I was, again, told we are foreigners to them so the rule doesn't apply to us. but there is a catch, if it's the 1st time kid is leaving out of the country without both parents then i will need the consent letter from the mom, since the kid has traveled 3 times already with both parents then he doesn't need any permission to leave, now.
I will take them on this rule and see what happens. I have a feeling rules will change once I have bought the ticket and I am ready to leave with the kid. then I will be told to produce the letter or i can't leave and lose my airplane ticket. I bet I will be offered an alternative arrangement which will cost me dearly. since it will be less than the cost of ticket and all the headaches with the letter process and flight change and penalties etc etc , I guess, 8 thousand pesos will resolve the problem. Hahaha.
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