US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
Aug 11th 2017, 9:41 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
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Aug 12th 2017, 12:44 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
Sorry I don't agree. The immigration authorities do care and there have been instances of people being questioned at immigration regarding their leaving from and entering into a country where only one parent is present. Abduction is high on their radar.
The OP is taking US children out of the US and is intending to enter and live in the UK. The father is not accompanying them. When the father will join them in the UK, or whether he will be able to join them in the UK is questionable.
Obtaining a legal "permissions" letter from the father will facilitate the children being allowed to leave the US and enter the UK.
Do I Need an Agreement From My Husband When I Am Traveling With My Son? | USA Today
The OP is taking US children out of the US and is intending to enter and live in the UK. The father is not accompanying them. When the father will join them in the UK, or whether he will be able to join them in the UK is questionable.
Obtaining a legal "permissions" letter from the father will facilitate the children being allowed to leave the US and enter the UK.
Do I Need an Agreement From My Husband When I Am Traveling With My Son? | USA Today
Immigration has no power to stop absent any indication that there are irregularities. However the airline does and for that reason such a letter may be advisable in an excess of caution. Or if you have the slightest fear that your husband might possibly change his mind. I was never afraid of that even for a moment, nonevent.
I really think you are inventing problems that don't exist, but the only harm in having such a letter is the waste of time and money (notary fee) in getting one made. It seems like everyone today is afraid of their shadow, but of course that is exactly how governments want them to be. It would never have occurred to me to effectively send a message to my husband that I did not trust him in even the slightest way as regards the children. Not to mention that it is rather common these days that single women raise children, except in the Muslim world.
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Aug 12th 2017, 1:03 pm
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Aug 12th 2017, 1:31 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
I have, otherwise alone, travelled many times with child/children without issue.
Immigration has no power to stop absent any indication that there are irregularities. However the airline does and for that reason such a letter may be advisable in an excess of caution. .....
Immigration has no power to stop absent any indication that there are irregularities. However the airline does and for that reason such a letter may be advisable in an excess of caution. .....
Aug 12th 2017, 2:43 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
The airline won't care about potential international child abduction but UK and US immigration certainly will - they have a statutory duty of care to children. The OP should ensure that both she and her children have valid British passports and a notarised letter from her husband giving her permission to remove her children permanently from the United States to the United Kingdom.
Aug 12th 2017, 2:46 pm
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Aug 12th 2017, 2:52 pm
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Aug 12th 2017, 2:53 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
The airline won't care about potential international child abduction but UK and US immigration certainly will - they have a statutory duty of care to children. The OP should ensure that both she and her children have valid British passports and a notarised letter from her husband giving her permission to remove her children permanently from the United States to the United Kingdom.
Whatever next? Is one to be afraid of their own shadow when there is no indication that anything improper is going on.
And what about single mothers? Are they expected to get a permission slip from an adult male relative?!
I know civilisation is circling the drain, but it hasn't got that bad. Not yet. No wonder people voted brexit.
Aug 12th 2017, 2:56 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
The airline won't care about potential international child abduction but UK and US immigration certainly will - they have a statutory duty of care to children. The OP should ensure that both she and her children have valid British passports and a notarised letter from her husband giving her permission to remove her children permanently from the United States to the United Kingdom.
Aug 12th 2017, 3:00 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
You could make a similar argument for having such a letter when you take your child out shopping, or on a fishing expedition. Or for that matter in your home.
Whatever next? Is one to be afraid of their own shadow when there is no indication that anything improper is going on.
Whatever next? Is one to be afraid of their own shadow when there is no indication that anything improper is going on.
And what about single mothers? Are they expected to get a permission slip from an adult male relative?! I know civilisation is circling the drain, but it hasn't got that bad. Not yet. No wonder people voted brexit.
I know civilisation is circling the drain, but it hasn't got that bad. Not yet. No wonder people voted brexit.
Aug 12th 2017, 3:03 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
The airline won't care about potential international child abduction but UK and US immigration certainly will - they have a statutory duty of care to children. The OP should ensure that both she and her children have valid British passports and a notarised letter from her husband giving her permission to remove her children permanently from the United States to the United Kingdom.
You could make a similar argument for having such a letter when you take your child out shopping, or on a fishing expedition. Or for that matter in your home.
Whatever next? Is one to be afraid of their own shadow when there is no indication that anything improper is going on.
And what about single mothers? Are they expected to get a permission slip from an adult male relative?! I know civilisation is circling the drain, but it hasn't got that bad. Not yet. No wonder people voted brexit.
Whatever next? Is one to be afraid of their own shadow when there is no indication that anything improper is going on.
And what about single mothers? Are they expected to get a permission slip from an adult male relative?!
I know civilisation is circling the drain, but it hasn't got that bad. Not yet. No wonder people voted brexit.
Aug 12th 2017, 3:06 pm
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Re: US-UK move with two american kids + more Q's
I have, otherwise alone, travelled many times with child/children without issue.
Immigration has no power to stop absent any indication that there are irregularities. However the airline does and for that reason such a letter may be advisable in an excess of caution. Or if you have the slightest fear that your husband might possibly change his mind. I was never afraid of that even for a moment, nonevent.
I really think you are inventing problems that don't exist, but the only harm in having such a letter is the waste of time and money (notary fee) in getting one made. It seems like everyone today is afraid of their shadow, but of course that is exactly how governments want them to be. It would never have occurred to me to effectively send a message to my husband that I did not trust him in even the slightest way as regards the children. Not to mention that it is rather common these days that single women raise children, except in the Muslim world.
Immigration has no power to stop absent any indication that there are irregularities. However the airline does and for that reason such a letter may be advisable in an excess of caution. Or if you have the slightest fear that your husband might possibly change his mind. I was never afraid of that even for a moment, nonevent.
I really think you are inventing problems that don't exist, but the only harm in having such a letter is the waste of time and money (notary fee) in getting one made. It seems like everyone today is afraid of their shadow, but of course that is exactly how governments want them to be. It would never have occurred to me to effectively send a message to my husband that I did not trust him in even the slightest way as regards the children. Not to mention that it is rather common these days that single women raise children, except in the Muslim world.
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