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Requirements for Travel with Minors
M.A.R. said:
Yes.
If you are a citizen of the US born in the US you can travel with your birth certificate and a state issued ID.
If you are a citizen of the US born outside the US you can travel with your naturalization certificate and a state issued ID.
I will be travelling to the D.R. in the spring as a single parent with my 15 year old daughter as was wondering too if I needed any documentation so I went to the Embassy of Dominican Republic in Canada website and this is what it states:
"Concerning children 13 years old and under traveling alone or with a person other than a parent (friend, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, niece etc.) should have a passport and a special permission from the parents.
The permission letter has to be signed by either parents or the one that has the full custody of the child, this letter then has to be legalized by the Embassy or the Consulate nearest to the concern person. This document authorizing a third party or the airline to travel with the child, must contain the name of the parents, name and passport number of the child, name of the airline, flight number and date of departure. The legalization of this letter by the DR Consulate includes translation into Spanish and a picture of the child.
If you are not able to come to the Dominican Republic Embassy in person, you must go to the Notary Public or Commissioner from your City to notarize the letter before you send it to the Embassy to be legalized, please include the fee for U$75.00 and a prepaid envelope to return your document.
This document has to be presented in the Immigration office at the airport when arriving and leaving the Dominican Republic.
For children over 13 years of age, a permission letter is not needed."
It is the last sentence that caught my eye because all the other posts on this topic is about 18 years and younger. So am I understanding this correctly in that I DO NOT need a notarized letter??? thanks.
"Concerning children 13 years old and under traveling alone or with a person other than a parent (friend, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, niece etc.) should have a passport and a special permission from the parents.
The permission letter has to be signed by either parents or the one that has the full custody of the child, this letter then has to be legalized by the Embassy or the Consulate nearest to the concern person. This document authorizing a third party or the airline to travel with the child, must contain the name of the parents, name and passport number of the child, name of the airline, flight number and date of departure. The legalization of this letter by the DR Consulate includes translation into Spanish and a picture of the child.
If you are not able to come to the Dominican Republic Embassy in person, you must go to the Notary Public or Commissioner from your City to notarize the letter before you send it to the Embassy to be legalized, please include the fee for U$75.00 and a prepaid envelope to return your document.
This document has to be presented in the Immigration office at the airport when arriving and leaving the Dominican Republic.
For children over 13 years of age, a permission letter is not needed."
It is the last sentence that caught my eye because all the other posts on this topic is about 18 years and younger. So am I understanding this correctly in that I DO NOT need a notarized letter??? thanks.
If I was in your shoes, I would get at least a notarized letter of agreement by the parents as a back-up. At the age of 16 though, I can hardly imagine that anyone would ask questions.
Leaving the DR with a minor
Up till now, when I've left the country on my own with my son a notarised letter from my husband has been enough. Now we need a permit from Migracion, which they retain when you go through passport control. If I'd known this I would have had it photocopied first.
Up till now, when I've left the country on my own with my son a notarised letter from my husband has been enough. Now we need a permit from Migracion, which they retain when you go through passport control. If I'd known this I would have had it photocopied first.
Last Xmas I flew down with my daughter, and she flew back by herself.
They stopped her in immigration and asked her some questions (I forgot to tell her that if they asked, she should say that she entered the country by herself). They wanted to detain her until she obtained the proper authorization (I'm not sure how that could be done, being that she and her passport were in the DR, and her mother and I were in the US).
They finally relented and let her leave the country, after she paid a negotiated fee.
They stopped her in immigration and asked her some questions (I forgot to tell her that if they asked, she should say that she entered the country by herself). They wanted to detain her until she obtained the proper authorization (I'm not sure how that could be done, being that she and her passport were in the DR, and her mother and I were in the US).
They finally relented and let her leave the country, after she paid a negotiated fee.
This is a little off the subject but, is there a cheaper travel agency or better way to get a cheap ticket than these web sites and where can I look for the best package for traveling? take care, God bless
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