can i travel with my child without my spouse

[cooldoc80]

hi
My wife is already in canada and i'm following her next month , we both have Pr's and our child is a canadian citizen by birth . Is there any problem with my traveling by airplane to canada with my child without the mother ? is there specific requirements ? or both of parents should be on plane when traveling ?

Thanks

 

[bafonso]

You should have a document from the mom stating that it's ok for you to fly on that specific date on that specific flight with the specific destination. You should do this when travelling along with a child.

 

[Dougmeadows]

You should have a document from the mom stating that it's ok for you to fly on that specific date on that specific flight with the specific destination. You should do this when travelling along with a child.

You should have the document notarized

 

[bafonso]

We have been asked for a paper like this and never asked to be notarized.. we just wrote and signed it ourselves.

 

[Rob_TO]

hi
My wife is already in canada and i'm following her next month , we both have Pr's and our child is a canadian citizen by birth . Is there any problem with my traveling by airplane to canada with my child without the mother ? is there specific requirements ? or both of parents should be on plane when traveling ?

Thanks

See here. https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/children/consent-letter

The letter doesn't need to be notarized.

 

[Dougmeadows]

We have been asked for a paper like this and never asked to be notarized.. we just wrote and signed it ourselves.

I only mentioned this because my parents got hastled taking my 17 year old friend to Florida with us. They said next time to get a notarized letter.

 

[cooldoc80]

You should have a document from the mom stating that it's ok for you to fly on that specific date on that specific flight with the specific destination. You should do this when travelling along with a child.

Thanks bafonso , does this has to be a formal letter with an official heading or its just somthing the mom write on a piece of white paper and send it to me by email ( as she is already in canada)

 

[cooldoc80]

We have been asked for a paper like this and never asked to be notarized.. we just wrote and signed it ourselves.

may i ask if you were required about this letter when travelling from outside of canada too ?

 

[cooldoc80]

It seems you are flying to Canada as opposed to flying away from? In that case, my experience flying into Canada with my 14 year old was easy. The officer just asked what my relationship was to her and let us go but I always have the notarized separation agreement of myself and my ex-husband that states I do not need his permission to have my daughter travel or move.

but in my case what do i notarize ! do you mean the blank paper that my wife will write , ( even in my country they only notarize official documents )

 

[cooldoc80]

See here. https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/children/consent-letter

The letter doesn't need to be notarized.

thanks for the link rob , it is very informative but at the end there is an optional space for an official ( notary ) signature!

i'm really confused now , as it is very difficult for me to get this notarized because in my country they only notarize official documents ( passport, degrees...ect) i even asked security officials at airport and as usually nobody have any clue !!!

have anybody of the persons who replied or read this thread traveled with an infant without the mother from outside of canada going back to canada?

thanks

 

[bafonso]

It's also your child as opposed to someone traveling with someone else's child...

 

[screech339]

may i ask if you were required about this letter when travelling from outside of canada too ?

My wife has been asked for this letter of consent even outside Canada, (Switzerland to Kosovo). Lucky for her, she had my letter of consent with her. After they viewed the document (not notarized, but signed by third party as witness), they let her and the kids in.

 

[Rob_TO]

thanks for the link rob , it is very informative but at the end there is an optional space for an official ( notary ) signature!

i'm really confused now , as it is very difficult for me to get this notarized because in my country they only notarize official documents ( passport, degrees...ect) i even asked security officials at airport and as usually nobody have any clue !!!

have anybody of the persons who replied or read this thread traveled with an infant without the mother from outside of canada going back to canada?

thanks

I know several people who have used these kinds of letters. None have ever got them notarized, and none have run into any problems. Really it depends on the CBSA officer you happen to encounter.
One of my friends recently traveled back to Canada with their child without any letter from the father, and CBSA questioned her and gave her a bit of a hard time on the whole situation but eventually still let her in.

If there is a notarization option there it's entirely up to you if you want to do it or not.

As Rob said, and if you check the link he provided, a letter stating the mother allows you should be fine. But like I said, if you are bringing a Canadian citizen child into Canada, there may be less to worry about as you are taking the child "home"

It applies anytime just 1 parent is traveling with a child. Even in a case of a Canadian parent bringing their Canadian child to Canada, there is no way to know if that parent is removing that child from another country where the father lives, without their permission.

It's also your child as opposed to someone traveling with someone else's child...

Yes the whole point of this letter is mainly for when a parents is traveling with their own child, but the other parent is not present. It's mainly to prevent cases where parents are separated, and 1 parent tries to remove the child from a country without the others consent.

 

[cooldoc80]

My wife has been asked for this letter of consent even outside Canada, (Switzerland to Kovoso). Lucky for her, she had my letter of consent with her. After they viewed the document (not notarized, but signed by third party as witness), they let her and the kids in.

Thanks , could u please tell me what kind of third party signed ur letter ?

 

[bafonso]

Yes the whole point of this letter is mainly for when a parents is traveling with their own child, but the other parent is not present. It's mainly to prevent cases where parents are separated, and 1 parent tries to remove the child from a country without the others consent.

I'm aware of that. Unfortunately I'm also aware of a case where they didn't ask any letter and someone kidnapped their kid away from their dad...