K2 for children with K1 visa - help on letter of parental approval for immigration

[SparklePony 238]

Hello everyone,

I could use with your help on the letter that the non-main-custody parent needs to sign showing authorization of the immigration of children.

I am the main custody parent to my two children, but communication with my ex-husband is not the best. I plan on having them go with me to the US and have informed my ex-husband of this fact, but he hasn't said anything either way. He has moved to England, so my lawyer told me that there's not a lot he can do to prevent our move, but because there's a chance that he might put up a fight on this and that it will have to go to court, I want to start the process as early as possible.

So, I want to start by sending him a pre-written letter that he can sign and have notarized in England, so I wanted to ask your help on how to go about this. If you could give me examples of what you have done, sample letters and the like, that would be very much appreciated. Something like the sample letters of intent that are on the VJ Guides.

Thanks for the help.

[K&Z 5]

I would like to know that too, how that letter is supposed to look like?

Thanks

[Kiwinyc 62]

Hello everyone,

I could use with your help on the letter that the non-main-custody parent needs to sign showing authorization of the immigration of children.

I am the main custody parent to my two children, but communication with my ex-husband is not the best. I plan on having them go with me to the US and have informed my ex-husband of this fact, but he hasn't said anything either way. He has moved to England, so my lawyer told me that there's not a lot he can do to prevent our move, but because there's a chance that he might put up a fight on this and that it will have to go to court, I want to start the process as early as possible.

So, I want to start by sending him a pre-written letter that he can sign and have notarized in England, so I wanted to ask your help on how to go about this. If you could give me examples of what you have done, sample letters and the like, that would be very much appreciated. Something like the sample letters of intent that are on the VJ Guides.

Thanks for the help.

i did not have a specific letter but I did have a Consent Order (this was produced by my lawyer as part of my divorce) which is a document signed by my ex-husband which was filed in court and laid out in writing what we had agreed for child support and division of assets. It also contained a paragraph saying that I was the primary carer of our children and that he (my ex-husband) consented to our relocation to the US.

I would ask your lawyer to draft a letter containing the wording you need. The wording used in my Consent Order is thus:

AND UPON the respondent having agreed to concede, after deliberation and consideration for the happiness of the children, that the children (name of child and date of birth & name of second child and date of birth) shall relocate to Austin, TX with the Petitioner, as their primary carer, in or around August 2013 ('the Relocation Date')

I am referred to as the 'Petitioner' because it was me that Petitioned for the divorce and this is a document produced as part of the Divorce agreement - your lawyer should adjust wording as necessary.

I took a certified copy of the Consent Order with me to the interview and showed them the relevant section when they asked if I had consent from the childrens father to take them to the US.

Good luck!

[baron555 934]

See some of Gary and Alla's posting in the RUB regional forum on some of the content that was contained in the letter his wife had to obtain.

Basically it must state approval to permanently immigrate and live in the US AND approval to travel back to the home country to visit and then return to the US.

This should have been vetted out and obtained prior to filing the visa; it is a requirement to allow the child to leave.

Money usually helps the process.

[Kiwinyc 62]

As stated in my example above there was no requirement to include wording about permanent immigration or future travel back and forth between countries. I merely had to show i had consent from the childrens father to take them with me when I relocated to the US.

I have no idea what is meant by 'money usually helps the process'