Taking a child out of the Russian Federation is a topic that gives rise to a lot of controversy and is surrounded by myths that are beneficial to travel agencies and dishonest border guards. If you have a situation in which it is difficult to contact the child's father, and you want to go abroad, study the relevant documents. This will help you be fully prepared.
It is necessary
- - going to court;
- - visit to the embassy.
Instructions
Step 1
By law, if a child leaves Russia with one of the parents, the permission of the other is not required. You can confirm your relationship with a birth certificate. Accordingly, if a notarized consent of the child's father is required from you, then this requirement is illegal.
Step 2
The legislation provides an opportunity for the father to formalize his official disagreement with the export of the child abroad. If you have such a situation, all you have to do is to file a lawsuit and challenge such a decision. There are precedents in which the court proved the abuse of parental rights to the detriment of the child, and permission to leave was obtained. If you have to go to court, stock up on arguments why the child needs this trip, you can contact your doctor for help.
Step 3
If there are no obstacles to exit, the question remains of entering the country you are going to. If a visa is not required, then there should be no problems at entry. But if it needs to be processed, then it often becomes necessary to obtain an entry permit from the second parent. And the father of the child may not want to give it to you. One of the options for solving this problem is, again, the court. Here your actions will be the same as in the situation of obtaining an exit permit. However, for a start, you can try a method that is effective in some embassies. Gather your visa documents, bring your divorce certificate with you. During the reception at the embassy, say that you do not see the child's father and that it is not possible to find him in any way. Perhaps they will meet you, ask you to write an application and issue a visa.
Step 4
If the child's father does not participate in his life in any way, does not visit him and does not pay alimony, you have the opportunity to deprive him of parental rights and, thus, get rid of the problems associated with travel forever. Indeed, until the child comes of age, there may be many such trips, so it is easier to resolve the issue once and for all.
