Stevem

Hey folks,

Been a long time since I was last here, now having been married for
more than three years. I understand some things have gotten a lot
more difficult in the past couple of years, and here's another for
those of you trying to get a K-2 from Moscow. Our friend's interview
was Jan. 29; she was told that she needed a notarized letter from the
father giving his permission for their 17 1/2 year old daughter to
live in America. They returned the next day with the letter, but it
had been accidentally dated 2003 instead of 2004 (nice work by the
notary). They now have to get the letter redone and resubmitted to
get the visa application approved.

Steve M.

Rete

Thanks for your update Stevem, however, the information about the permission slip from the other parent is not something new. It has long been a requirement. If the other parent is unavailable the next step would be to get court permission to remove the child from the country. Sole custody does not negate the other parent's rights.

Rete

shona66

Hi,
I'm a little confused then about the procedure for children coming with me on a K2 visa. Is a notorised letter sufficient to do this or do I need to go to the court and apply for the permission of Removal of Jurisdication from England and Wales for my children. My eldest son is 16 ? I was told that this will be required by a family Law solicitor? I was never married to the children's father but he signed a parental responsiblity agreement .Can any one help ?


Shona

Mrraveltay

shona66 wrote:

    > Originally posted by Rete
    >
    >>Thanks for your update
    >
    > Stevem, however, the information about the permission slip from the
    > other parent is not something new. It has long been a requirement. If
    > the other parent is unavailable the next step would be to get court
    > permission to remove the child from the country. Sole custody does not
    > negate the other parent's rights.
    >
    >>Rete
    >
    >
    >
    > Hi,
    > I'm a
    > little confused then about the procedure for children coming with me on
    > a K2 visa. Is a notorised letter sufficient to do this or do I need to
    > go to the court and apply for the permission of Removal of Jurisdication
    > from England and Wales for my children. My eldest son is 16 ? I was told
    > that this will be required by a family Law solicitor? I was never
    > married to the children's father but he signed a parental responsiblity
    > agreement .Can any one help ?

In our case, we got a notarized letter from the "father" stating.

1. The child could move from Russia to the US
2. The child could be adopted
3. The child could use my last name.

Of course, she also changed the middle name, since as in Russian custom
it was a form of the father's first name.
The letter was sufficient for the adoption. There was no issue with
removing the child from Russia as no one ever asked for the letter.
It is a legal requirement, but I have not ever heard of one being checked.

Stevem

This type of response is why I quit fooling with this group, despite
its obvious value to those going through the process.

In fact, in Russia, until recently the policy that was understood to
be operative was that it was NOT necessary to have a father's
permission, in light of the difficulites presented in many cases in
which securing the cooperation of (or even locating) a long-absent
father. So, while "it has long been a requirement", in fact, there
were many K-2's approved without it, even as recently as a few months
ago. All I am doing is reporting that this permission was asked for
on a January 29th interview. Whether it is new information, I will
leave for the "experts" here to judge.

And I will not succumb to the temptation to post future updates here
again.

Rete <member167@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Thanks for your update Stevem, however, the information about the
    > permission slip from the other parent is not something new. It has long
    > been a requirement. If the other parent is unavailable the next step
    > would be to get court permission to remove the child from the country.
    > Sole custody does not negate the other parent's rights.
    >
    > Rete

Mrraveltay

SteveM wrote:

    > This type of response is why I quit fooling with this group, despite
    > its obvious value to those going through the process.
    >

Perhaps, but since it has been a requirement by Russian law for quite
some time, the immigrant should have obtained it for the interview.
Whether it gets asked for or not, it is safer to have it, and that
advice I would give to anyone with a child wanting a visa for the child.