Woman bringing her nephew...............

[Frosty]

Hi Everyone,

My sister in law is coming over with her nephew (other sisters kiddy).

Does anyone forsee any problems with a woman bringing a child with a different name etc into the country.

I'm refering to immigration and customs etc, with regard to possible child abduction issue's etc.

Anyone done anything along similar lines, any prob's, any advice???

Thanks in advance.

[steph_goodrum]

It's always advisable that your sister in law has a letter from the boys mother giving permission
a) for him to be travelling with her
and b) that she is acting "in loco parentis" and is fully authorised to permit any necessary medical treatment that may arise during the trip.
A copy of his mothers passport information page together with the letter should be enough to satisfy immigration if they ask.

She should also make sure she has full detais of his travel insurance in case of any emergency that may arise and that her nephews insurance policy covers him if not travelling with his parents.
Some family annual policies only cover the children if they are with the policy holder.

[DaveL]

You may need to have the letter notarised as anyone can produce a document saying they are authorised to do something. I know that this was the case some years ago when we took a friend of my son.

Dave

[ravtino]

We did as Steph said, when my neice went with us, no problems with imigration, this has been covered before as this was where I got my advice from[msnsmile2]

[Frosty]

thanks everyone for the advice, i will pass on the info.

[steph_goodrum]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by DaveL
You may need to have the letter notarised as anyone can produce a document saying they are authorised to do something. I know that this was the case some years ago when we took a friend of my son.

Dave


[/quote]
Thats why it is a good idea to have a copy of the mothers passport page as well so they have something against which to check the signature. Most UK citizrns would not have any idea about getting it notarised as it's not a concept we generally have much in the UK.

[DaveL]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by steph_goodrum
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by DaveL
You may need to have the letter notarised as anyone can produce a document saying they are authorised to do something. I know that this was the case some years ago when we took a friend of my son.

Dave[/quote]That's why it is a good idea to have a copy of the mothers passport page as well so they have something against which to check the signature. Most UK citizens would not have any idea about getting it notarised as it's not a concept we generally have much in the UK.[/quote]Some U.S. hospitals can be very difficult when it comes to patient consent because of their liability. Immigration will normally be OK with the photocopy of the passport but it's not guaranteed.

I know most people in the UK do not know about notarised documents and it is much harder to get done here than in the U.S. However most towns have at least one solicitor who is also a notary.

The whole point of the notary is that they are certifying that the person giving consent was present and they have checked their ID.

Hopefully you will never need to use the document but if the child is injured then the last thing you need is a delay in treating them.

Dave

[zerotone]

Having only one child we take a friend of our sons with us to our villa once a year. We get the parents to have an authorisation form witnessed and signed by a notary solicitor and take this with us. We also arrange seperate travel insurance for him.

Jane

[owen3]

We bought my nephew with us on friday had a letter from his mum. Nobody asked to see it at customs.
Barbara

[madmumof2]

Hi, Slightly off topic but will I need to do anything when taking my children?

They both have my ex's last name not mine. Would that be an issue or will I need to take their birth certificates or something to prove I'm their mum?