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Merika · 06-01-2005, 01:21 PM

I thought of this when Vautrin mentioned Passports.

Chloe is traveling to the UK to visit with Meanon. Because she is 15...she no longer can use a child passport....nor an adult one. There is one for just her age group.

We did the paperwork, I went with her to turn it in to show ID and all was well. Until a month later when we call because we wanted to know why we haven't heard anything. We are then informed they are questioning if I am her REAL Mom. They ask me to send in documentation to prove it. I remind them THEY have her birth certificate...which was turned in with the paperwork. All I could offer is by tax return which DOES have her name on it or any official school documents. They didn't want those.

What they wanted is a copy of my marriage licence, even though her name isn't on there (DUH!), plus a copy of my drivers license, military work ID and insurance card...even though her name isn't on any of them either. I also needed to get my 'signature' notarized. THEN....I had to send it all to a special address in a certified letter needing signature....which cost a retarded amount of money.

I send it and get the signed certificate back. The same day they send me a letter asking for the same documents they just got and SIGNED for. We are not calling....hour after hour....while being informed they are getting too many calls and don't have an on-hold or que line.

It's the dumbest thing I've ever been through...since it's so OBVIOUS I would be paying for someone else's teen to go to the UK.

I bet it isn't that hard to send your kid from Nigeria to the US.

06-01-2005, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Merika Retired Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 13,275	Easier to get in than to get out...... I thought of this when Vautrin mentioned Passports. Chloe is traveling to the UK to visit with Meanon. Because she is 15...she no longer can use a child passport....nor an adult one. There is one for just her age group. We did the paperwork, I went with her to turn it in to show ID and all was well. Until a month later when we call because we wanted to know why we haven't heard anything. We are then informed they are questioning if I am her REAL Mom. They ask me to send in documentation to prove it. I remind them THEY have her birth certificate...which was turned in with the paperwork. All I could offer is by tax return which DOES have her name on it or any official school documents. They didn't want those. What they wanted is a copy of my marriage licence, even though her name isn't on there (DUH!), plus a copy of my drivers license, military work ID and insurance card...even though her name isn't on any of them either. I also needed to get my 'signature' notarized. THEN....I had to send it all to a special address in a certified letter needing signature....which cost a retarded amount of money. I send it and get the signed certificate back. The same day they send me a letter asking for the same documents they just got and SIGNED for. We are not calling....hour after hour....while being informed they are getting too many calls and don't have an on-hold or que line. It's the dumbest thing I've ever been through...since it's so OBVIOUS I would be paying for someone else's teen to go to the UK. I bet it isn't that hard to send your kid from Nigeria to the US.