Family coming to visit

[EnglishLove 112]

Not sure which forum this goes in but my husband moved over last year on a k-1 from England. His parents and youngest brother were planning on visiting next June of 2021, however, his parents are having issues and now it may only by his mother and youngest brother (who is 9 years old) that come to visit. Would his mother have to have his permission to come visit. It would only be two weeks at the most but his dad is almost in his 70's with really bad Parkinson's and would never be able to watch and take care of his brother.  

[DELETEME1234 208]

You're asking if the father would need to give permission for the brother to come visit? Well, typically it's more a matter of being allowed to leave a country than to enter. But if you want to be safe a notarised child travel consent form with copy of the father's ID is wise to carry around. 

[EnglishLove 112]

1 minute ago, Poseidon1212 said:

You're asking if the father would need to give permission for the brother to come visit? Well, typically it's more a matter of being allowed to leave a country than to enter. But if you want to be safe a notarised child travel consent form with copy of the father's ID is wise to carry around. 

Yes, would she need the father's permission for him to leave England to come visit here in the US?

[DELETEME1234 208]

3 minutes ago, Pooley said:

Yes, would she need the father's permission for him to leave England to come visit here in the US?

Why yes, unless she is given sole custody by means of a court order she would always need his permission (and he hers by the way) otherwise it could be considered international parental child abduction. The only question is if you have to carry proof of said permission with you to leave the UK/enter the US to which my response is: Why risk it? If he's ok with his son visiting his older brother, get it in writing, notarise it and carry a copy of the father's ID with you and all should be fine.  

 

If the father is not willing to do that then that implies that he's not giving permission. The only other way to bring the brother along without having to expect issues is a court issuing permission or, in case of a divorce, a court granting sole custody to the mother.

[Ontarkie 13,930]

~~Moved to Tourist Visas, from AOS from Work, Student and Tourist Visas - the OP is asking about inlaws visiting.~~

[sl1pstream 551]

On 2/10/2020 at 5:47 PM, Poseidon1212 said:

Why yes, unless she is given sole custody by means of a court order she would always need his permission (and he hers by the way) otherwise it could be considered international parental child abduction. The only question is if you have to carry proof of said permission with you to leave the UK/enter the US to which my response is: Why risk it? If he's ok with his son visiting his older brother, get it in writing, notarise it and carry a copy of the father's ID with you and all should be fine.  

 

If the father is not willing to do that then that implies that he's not giving permission. The only other way to bring the brother along without having to expect issues is a court issuing permission or, in case of a divorce, a court granting sole custody to the mother.

Would they though? There are plenty of couples with kids in which only one parent takes a trip with one of the kids. They don't seem to be immigrating so I don't see why they would need to have his permission in writing for a vacation.

 

It could become a problem if he ends up calling the cops and lying about the situation but something has to be seriously wrong at that point for that to happen.

Edited February 19, 2020 by sl1pstream

[DELETEME1234 208]

1 minute ago, sl1pstream said:

Would they though? There are plenty of couples with kids in which only one parent takes a trip with one of the kids. They don't seem to be immigrating so I don't see why they would need to have his permission in writing for a vacation.

It’s not the need for the permission to be in writing. There’s a need to have permission, that’s all. But when the authorities question if said permission is given the way to prove it is by having it in writing. 
 

The above becomes more relevant depending on the state of the relationship of the parents. I can’t asses what the state of their relationship is. But let’s say they’re not on the best of terms anymore or father has an acute case of memory loss and calls the authorities, a notarised permission letter can sway the way you’re treated. 

[milimelo 4,234]

We always do permission slips for when only one parent travels with a child (to US or any other country). Some countries are picky about it - I saw a mother be almost denied boarding heading to Bosnia with her child as she didn’t think to bring the permission form. Especially needed if parent has a different last name than child.