Beccarose

I have a question and am hoping someone might know the answer.

My husband is an EU national, I, and my oldest daughter (who is not my husband's biological child, she is from a prior marriage), are US citizens. We are moving to England under the EEA family permit. I know I need to have some sort of letter from my daughter's biological father stating I have permission to move her to England. But I don't know what that letter should state exactly.

Here's what I have, would this be sufficient?

(I know it needs to be notarized, so there will be spaces for those signatures.)

Letter of consent for minor to move abroad.

I, (father), do hereby give my permission for my daughter, (daughter), to move with her mother, (mother), and step-father, (name), to The United Kingdom.

holly_1948

I strongly suspect the wording is unimportant as long as the intent is clear.

If you want to be extra safe you could add the usual American wording at the end "I swear under penalty of perjury that the above is true."

Also, if you are using the EAA family permit method then wouldn't "Europe" be preferably to "England" in the wording?

Beccarose

I was wondering that too but then I was thinking maybe it needed to be more specific to the UK or even England since that is where our intent to live is and where we will be sending our application to.

roaringmouse

The UK is the country the OP is moving to, so that should be mentioned ("Europe" is vague anyway, as it's a whole continent, not just the EEA or even EU).

Checking with a OISC registered migration solicitor could be useful, or at the least post on a forum that have some posting on it (e.g. UKResident) as it's quite a specific immigration question/situation.

holly_1948

One reason why is it preferable, especially in the long term.
Even the continued existence of the UK (in its present form) is uncertain as HMG indulges in brinkmanship regarding Britain's EU membership.

Consulting an immigration lawyer is always valuable (as contrasted with engaging an immigration attorney to represent you).

roaringmouse

Each country goes about the EEA rules in their own way (the process differs), so an EEA permit from the UK won't be good in any other EEA country.

Beccarose

Even if we moved from the UK to another EU country we would still need to obtain a new permit for that country. That, paired with the date on the letter would mean I would need to just get a new letter anyway. But since she is 16, hopefully this will be the last letter we will need from the bio-father.

I think if I can be as specific on the letter as possible (i.e. saying England vs Europe, EU or even the UK) the better it would be. I was really just wondering if I need to add something or another... I don't want it to be too long (e.g. a chore to read) but I also maybe need to let them know why she is living with us...

Mummy in the foothills

Say United Kingdom or Great Britain not England, what if you end up living in Scotland Wales or Northern Ireland.

Beccarose

That's true, thank you.