Another passport help question

[purr]

I have a big problem...

My 5 yr old father wont go with me to get his passport.. He works 8am-6pm (supposidely) and he says he doesnt have time. I need a passport for him since we're going to Canada March 8. The woman says they're not going to accept that as an excuse and I have no idea what to do now. I'm stuck!!!!

Anyone have any advice? She sure as hell didnt..

[tjwmason]

1. Can't help as I don't know U.S. procedures

But I've always got my (British) passports by post.

[purr]

3. We're all going today to get ours

and I forgot our birth certificates last time LOL - yeah Im an idiot and she told me that she doesnt think it'll work.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

2. If you are getting it expedited like I had mine ...

then I think that he needs to be there ... If you have his picture and his signature then I don't understand what the problem is .

[purr]

4. What do you mean by picture and signature?

Maybe I should just stop by the DMV and get him an ID card.. Ugh.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

5. Yep .

[Callalily]

6. This should

supply you with all the information that you need.
http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_829.html

[Mizmoon]

7. Both parents have to be there in person

They are trying to curtail international parental abductions. I know because my ex lives on the other side of the country and I had to take advantage of a rare visit to my area to get the passport thing accomplished.

[radwriter0555]

9. You know, I think that's a line of BS that they're using. Child abductions

are INCREDIBLY rare.

Mexico used to require that you present an affidavit of sole custody if a single parent was traveling with a child, now, they don't even bother.

I don't know what the real story is.

[Mizmoon]

11. Funny, that's one of the places we were going

and I worried as I waited on line at customs in Cancun because I didn't have one. They let us through with no problem. I think they use that more as a scare than a real practice.

[radwriter0555]

14. In the case of Mexico, I'm sure they scrutize the Mexicans far more than

the Anglos. That would be more logical.

A white woman just isn't very likely to kidnap her child and flee to Mexico.

[AlCzervik]

12. no they don't, the other parent can sign the form in front of a notary

we just got our passports and that was the backup plan in case my husband was away on business.

5. Present Parental Application Permission Documentation
(for minors under age 14)

1. Both parents must appear together and sign or

2. One parent appears, signs, and submits second parent's notarized statement of consent authorizing passport issuance for the child (a notarized Form DS-3053, Statement of Consent: Issuance of a Passport to a Minor Under Age 14, or a notarized written statement with the same information on a sheet of paper from the non-appearing parent that includes the child's name and date of birth, as well as parent's identification information or a copy of his/her ID may be used for this purpose) or

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/minors/minors_834.html

[radwriter0555]

8. You may have to get a court order. It's VERY tough to get a passport for a

child without both parents showing up. And I do mean VERY.

Offer to pay him for his time... that might be your only real option.

I wrote the passport office a letter with my application stating on oath that her father was deceased, and I had heard a rumor that he had died in either Louisiana, Georgia or Texas, and that I had always been the sole provider for the child. It was a nice letter, and I got REAL lucky, this was 3 years ago. They've toughened things up considerably since. Good luck.

[AlCzervik]

10. you need to get the forms filled out and he can sign in front of a notary

republic and then go to the post office.

[gollygee]

13. There's an affidavit you can get him to sign.

maybe the folks at the post office can give you specific info, but there is something he can sign instead if there's a problem getting him there. But it's hard to find an excuse good enough to use that.

They're specifically worrying about kids being taken away from the other parent - that's why they make it so tough - so you will particularly have trouble since the non-custodial parent is the issue.