Green Card Holder Traveling to China

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I have a few questions regarding a trip my wife and son are making. Any advice/assistance is appreciated.

My wife: Chinese by birth, Citizen of Indonesia by previous marriage, Green Card Holder and LPR of US since January '07.

My son: US Citizen. Almost two years old.

My wife, who has her Green Card, is going to travel to China to visit her sister, whom she has not seen in almost two years. It will be her first trip outside the US since arriving in the US on her fiancee visa in October of '05.

She will be taking our 23 month old son with her on the trip to China. He is a US Citizen.

Question 1. Does my wife need a letter of consent from me to travel overseas with our son? If so, who should I write the letter to? Do I need it notarized?

Question 2. Does my wife need anything more than her Green Card upon reentry to the US? Should I have her take our marriage certificate, our son's birth certificate, or any other form of ID with them? Should they be originals or will copies suffice?

Question 3. Is there anything else I should know?

Thanks for any and all input,

-Q

[Nikita2Charles 31]

She should be fine to Travel with her Green Card, as a precautious measure, my aunt used to have a notarized letter from my uncle whenever we used to drive to Montreal from NYC. So i would say just to be on the safe side, you can just write a letter and have it notorized. She can take a copy of the marriage certificate but it's not necessary, i'ts VERY NECESSARY if the name on her passport is different than the green card.

To whom it may concern,

I am MrXXX my wife Mrs. XXX is traveling to China with our son. I am not able to make the trip with my wife, I am fully aware of my wife visiting China with our son XXX.

If any concern please feel free to contact me at:

MR XXXX

Adress...

City, State

Phone number

Edited July 30, 2007 by Nikita2Charles

[JamalNTam 1]

Wow - so when we have kids, everytime want to take MY children to visit the UK, or anywhere else I have to have written permission from my husband to do that? That seems crazy! lol!!

[payxibka 10,044]

It may be obvious to some but may not be to others but in addition to the green card she will also need to carry her passport

[Nikita2Charles 31]

The main reason Jamal and Tam it's a safeguard against Child kidnapping when it comes to parents geting divorce, or custody problems. It has happened very often in the past during a custody battle, one parent would take the child and go back to their home country therefore the other parents face a major huddle to get the kid back.

When we used to go to Canada, it was not so often but sometimes they would ask for the notorized letter. On on trip she didn't have it and they did in fact ask for it and had to go back to NY.