Hi Guys,i want to ask if i really need to get an AFFIDAVIT OF DISCREFANCY for my son so that he can travel w/o permission from his father...i am not married with his father and he abandoned us sinced 2004...on his BC his father's name is there but we are not married...so do i still need to get that affidavit?
please help me coz i am starting getting his papers b4 i leave to USA..we will file a petition for him to follow me to USA and i want everything ready b4 i go...
thanks! and more power!

What exactly is an AFFIDAVIT OF DISCREFANCY? Do you mean DISCREPANCY? But that word does not make sense in this context? I'm curious, as I've never heard of such an affidavit.

Good luck,
-P

yes DISCREPANCY...
sorry i make mistake on spelling

you do not need affidavit of discrepancy if you are going to travel with your son. here is the link for the guidelines of minors travelling abroad:

http://www.philippine-embassy.org.sg/index.cfm?GPID=117

The OP is not going to travel w/ her son....they are pursuing a "follow to join" scenario. I don't know where you would get such an affidavit...but perhaps the US embassy in the Phillipines may be able to help you.

Good luck,
-P

Good luck!~!

She will be travelling with her son when she gets back so hence the guidelines. Right?

if you were not married to the father, you have sole and full custody of your child.

its not something US embassy Manila can do or help her with that, its something to do with the Philippine immigration

Where do you see that? She stated that she will file a petition for him to follow her to the US....I understood that to mean that she will arrive her and her son will follow at a later date, presumably alone. That's why she thought she needed said affidavit.

-P

she hasn't stated whether she will return to the Philippines to bring the son here or if the son will travel here alone or someone other than her. that's where a DSWD Travel Clearance would come into play.
I think her concern is whether she needs permission from the father to bring her son here. since she has full custody, I do not believe so. someone correct me if I'm wrong on that issue.

Well by reading the link posted earlier by another member, I don't think she needs permission from the father either....but then, from what I glimpse on some of the posts, sometimes things are a bit "hinky" in the PI. (Like having to wait a horribly long time to get an annulment in a situation when one spouse clearly abandoned the marriage a long time ago. But as there's no divorce, I understand the need for this avenue....I just don't understand why it takes such a long time.)
Perhaps someone who has done this, had their child emigrate from the PI without stated permission of the long absent father, will happen upon this thread and offer their take.

-P

In our situation, the biological father disappeared before our daughter was born. my wife was never married to the father. he was not listed on our daughter's birth certificate.
not one question was asked about the biological father during the entire process in our case.

Ah, but in the case of the OP, the father's name is listed on the BC, so it may come up.

Since the OP is a single mother, under the Philippine laws, she has sole custody of the child hence no need for an affidavit of consent from the biological father to travel outside the philippines even if his name is on the BC of the child.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL OF UR REPLIES! I LEARNED A LOT FROM HERE!

the reason why i asked abt Discrepancy coz i met one woman b4 at the embassy and she told me to get that affidavit if i want to bring my son to USA..but honestly i am not sure abt it coz i didnt ask the DSWD yet..
but based on my experienced when me and my son travel to india to visit his father when he was 6months old that time...DSWD asked me a notarized letter from his father,a permission from him that i am going to travel with my son..and knowing that we are going to visit his father ha...and sinced in 2 days time we are going to fly and if we will get that notarized letter from him,it will takes few days,so he just sent me a letter thru e-mail and show it to DSWD.DSWD called the father to confirmed that it was from him (letter) b4 they give me that permit to travel.
thats why i asked here coz i really want to know from those who have made already a stuff like this.
but of course i will inquire this from DSWD b4 i leave...just to make sure that everything is OK so he can follow me soon.

thanks everyone once again!
more power!

I agree with Jom, she doesn't have to get any affidavit or permission from any body or the father of the child even if the father's name is indicated in the BC. They are not married so there's no "legal" battle in the that. She has the sole custody of her child. BUT I would suggest that she'll consult with DSWD or a lawyer to be sure.