permission from step-daughter's father to immigrate?

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timmy_d11

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My wife would obviously like to bring her daughter from Colombia.

(My wife just recently got her Green Card after a 3 month nightmare since our interview)

Does anything need to be signed by my step-daughter's father, giving her permission to leave the country of Colombia to be with her mother here in America?

What?

When, in the immigration process of bringing her here, does our government require this?

My wife is still in Colombia now, on an extended stay because she just lost her mother.

She would like to get this paperwork taken care of before she comes back, but we are hoping it does not take too much longer to get required paperwork signed by her daughter's father - he may put up resistance to it.

I'm in a jam; I don't want this process taking too much longer, but I don't want my wife needing to take a special trip, which we cannot afford, back to Colombia, just to try to resolve this situation with her daughter's father.

Does anybody else here have experience with something similar to this? What does our government require? When do they require it by?

Thanks.
 
timmy_d11 said:
My wife would obviously like to bring her daughter from Colombia.

(My wife just recently got her Green Card after a 3 month nightmare since our interview)

Does anything need to be signed by my step-daughter's father, giving her permission to leave the country of Colombia to be with her mother here in America?

What?

When, in the immigration process of bringing her here, does our government require this?

My wife is still in Colombia now, on an extended stay because she just lost her mother.

She would like to get this paperwork taken care of before she comes back, but we are hoping it does not take too much longer to get required paperwork signed by her daughter's father - he may put up resistance to it.

I'm in a jam; I don't want this process taking too much longer, but I don't want my wife needing to take a special trip, which we cannot afford, back to Colombia, just to try to resolve this situation with her daughter's father.

Does anybody else here have experience with something similar to this? What does our government require? When do they require it by?

Thanks.
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Timm..
I am sorry to hear that your wife lost her mother. Thank God that the situation with USCIS was done and she was able to be there. God Bless and Keep the both of you in His care. Perhaps this website will help you find the information and answers you need.

http://www.allexperts.com/el/344-9/Immigration-Issues
 
usually, the US side doesn't require any kind of permissions like that. It's the Colombian govt that may require it. And if it does, then the "permission" may be required at the immigration interview before the visa is issued.

Usually, if a child has an international passport that has not been specifically revoked by one of the parents, then the child doesn't need a separate permission if accompanied by one of the parents when crossing the border OUT of their country. Your wife needs to find that all out.
 
LucyMO said:
Usually, if a child has an international passport that has not been specifically revoked by one of the parents, then the child doesn't need a separate permission if accompanied by one of the parents when crossing the border OUT of their country.
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Yes, but they'll certainly need it when coming INTO the United States, since we are a signatory to the Hague Convention. When my wife travelled with my daughter, we always needed a letter and the Canadian and US customs/immigration officers reviewed and stamped it every time.

To answer the original poster, I'd get a notarized permission letter from the stepfather BEFORE the consular interview.
 
strange, people from the former Soviet Union usually need that letter only when they are leaving their own countries (with only one parent present).
 
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