My wife and I are traveling with our 13 year old daughter to Colombia this month. We plan on traveling together but if for some reason we separate for a day or two, is it necessary for the parent with child to have a document stating that the parent has the consent of the other parent to travel with the child? If so, is a notarized letter sufficient or does it need to be a special form?
Thanks.
paganla
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vizcachas
My wife and I have both done lots of travelling alone with kids under 18. Various countries in NA and SA, but not in Colombia for that matter.
We have never been asked for a document other than at border crossings, a few times leaving Chile and also leaving Canada to return to Chile(USA not Canada customs). Never been asked at Chile-Peru or Chile-Argentina.
It seems it is not consistent as to when and where they might want to see some papers.
My wife gets asked much more than me.
But to be safe we always get a paper, just a standard form from the notary.
Bit of a joke really, they just want to see our passports and they do the form. They don't ask for any proof we are married or that the child is ours, or that there are no court orders, etc,they just assume. As long as both adults are there it is easy.
One notary did it right, they wanted to see a marriage certificate and a long form birth certificate listing us both as the parents. As we do not still have originals of these documents we just shopped around for a notary who doesn't ask for any such proof.
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paganla
Thank you.
Here is an article with too much information but most of the specific info is for when one or both of the parents are Colombian. Be sure to click on the links.
Parents crossing borders
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