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Zippy posted on 05/11/2009 at 20:52
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I am flying to South Africa in December with our two children. My husband is meeting us there a few days later. He will be in India when we leave. Do I need any sort of paperwork that he gives me permission to fly alone with the kids? I don't want to arrive at the airport with passports and then they don't allow me to take the kids without some formal written consent from him. |
catherine replied on 06/11/2009 at 15:31
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Hi
You shouldn't need any paperwork - I fly regularly alone with my kids and I have never been asked for anything. However, I do remember once my hisband being asked for paerwork when he flew alone with them. Luckily he had a family record book on him that was issued inthe place where we got married (France) that proved that we were still married. Just in case - do you have anything like that sort of document, or proof that you are still married?
Otherwise you can ask your Embassy or Consulate for their advice? |
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Zippy replied on 06/11/2009 at 18:35
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| Thanks for your reply. I could take my marriage certificate with, but when we moved here the German visa office said they don't accept that version of my certificate and that after 18 years of marriage and having lived in 3 countries during that time. I have since requested a new marriage certificate, but it is waiting for me in Cape Town. Maybe I should give our embassy a call just to make sure. Would not have been so worried if my husband was in the country and taking us to the airport, but now he will be far away. |
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JanetF replied on 09/11/2009 at 19:39
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| I fly with my kids alone back to the States as my husband is often working during the school vacation periods and I have never needed any extra documents. I don't know if South Africa has different rules, but I can't imagine it. |
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Zippy replied on 10/11/2009 at 09:38
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It is Germany I am worried about. SA will obviously let us in on SA passports, but the Germans have so many rules and I know many countries are more strict now to keep kids from being taken out of their country by a mother or father who don't have custody. We are married, but how do the authorities know that. My marriage certificate is 18 years old.
Took us an hour get through passport control to return to the UK where we have residency permits when we came to house hunt here. |
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