children's birth certificates

[DougM 0]

My Canadian fiancee has 3 young children who will be coming here with her. She has sole custody and sole guardianship so a letter from their fathers wont be required. They have no involvement with the kids at all and don't want to so we shouldn't have a problem there. However, the packet 3 checklist states in bold letters that both parents must be listed on the birth certificate but they are not listed on the ones that she has. She doesn't even know where one of the fathers is anymore. My questions are, how strict are they at the Vancouver consulate about this requirement? Will we have a problem if the father's names are not on the birth certs? Has anyone dealt with this issue before?

Thank you in advance,

Doug

[CdnMN 0]

My Canadian fiancee has 3 young children who will be coming here with her. She has sole custody and sole guardianship so a letter from their fathers wont be required. They have no involvement with the kids at all and don't want to so we shouldn't have a problem there. However, the packet 3 checklist states in bold letters that both parents must be listed on the birth certificate but they are not listed on the ones that she has. She doesn't even know where one of the fathers is anymore. My questions are, how strict are they at the Vancouver consulate about this requirement? Will we have a problem if the father's names are not on the birth certs? Has anyone dealt with this issue before?

Thank you in advance,

Doug

Does she have the "Long Form" certificate? The wallet sized certificates don't have that info on them. You need to have the long form that has a lot more info on it.

[DougM 0]

Does she have the "Long Form" certificate? The wallet sized certificates don't have that info on them. You need to have the long form that has a lot more info on it.

Yes, they are the "long form" birth certificates. She is the only parent listed.

[smurfette1971 0]

My Canadian fiancee has 3 young children who will be coming here with her. She has sole custody and sole guardianship so a letter from their fathers wont be required. They have no involvement with the kids at all and don't want to so we shouldn't have a problem there. However, the packet 3 checklist states in bold letters that both parents must be listed on the birth certificate but they are not listed on the ones that she has. She doesn't even know where one of the fathers is anymore. My questions are, how strict are they at the Vancouver consulate about this requirement? Will we have a problem if the father's names are not on the birth certs? Has anyone dealt with this issue before?

Thank you in advance,

Doug

oh just so you know

i had same as she and was denied

i needed a hand written notarized letter from natural father giving permission as well as photo copies of his ID showing his signature

my one son's father is not listed and he was no problem but he is 16 years old not sure if that had anything to do with not needing letter

my other son's father is listed

he is 8 years old and they asked him when last time he seen his dad

i was CR1 visa in montreal interview was april 22 which i was denied until i sent in original hand written notarized letter and his Photo ID

which i sent in immediately Montreal received the required docs april 28 and i am STILL WAITING FOR APPROVAL

so just a heads up on my dealings with this

i had a parental agreement signed and witness by 2 lawyers as well as father and my self

i had a court of queen bench stating i have primary care and control and child permitted to move to USA

montreal did not accept these documents in fact gave them back to me and asked for hand written letter

hope this helps

because it sure caused me a whole lot of depression and delays for my children and husband as well

if i had known i could have had a simple document with me at time of interview

instead of fancy court documents that cost a whole lot of money.

good luck

[Sprailenes 47]

Yea she will either need a letter from the father or from the courts I believe if he is not listed on the birth certificates.

I have sole custody and my sons father has had nothing to do with my son all of his life, yet I had to track him down to get that letter.

[DougM 0]

Yea she will either need a letter from the father or from the courts I believe if he is not listed on the birth certificates.

I have sole custody and my sons father has had nothing to do with my son all of his life, yet I had to track him down to get that letter.

Thanks for the reply, Sprailenes.

Was your son's father named on the birth certificate?

The packet 3 checklist from the Vancouver consulate says that "You must show that you have sole custody for each...child OR present a notarized consent statement from the child’s other parent..." That seemed pretty straight forward to me. Maybe not.

My concern was more about any issues that might arise because the fathers aren't on the birth certs as required in the packet 3 checklist. The one father simply can't be found. Even support enforcement couldn't find him. We wish they could beause he owes tens of thousands in back child support.

[DougM 0]

oh just so you know

i had same as she and was denied

i needed a hand written notarized letter from natural father giving permission as well as photo copies of his ID showing his signature

my one son's father is not listed and he was no problem but he is 16 years old not sure if that had anything to do with not needing letter

my other son's father is listed

he is 8 years old and they asked him when last time he seen his dad

i was CR1 visa in montreal interview was april 22 which i was denied until i sent in original hand written notarized letter and his Photo ID

which i sent in immediately Montreal received the required docs april 28 and i am STILL WAITING FOR APPROVAL

so just a heads up on my dealings with this

i had a parental agreement signed and witness by 2 lawyers as well as father and my self

i had a court of queen bench stating i have primary care and control and child permitted to move to USA

montreal did not accept these documents in fact gave them back to me and asked for hand written letter

hope this helps

because it sure caused me a whole lot of depression and delays for my children and husband as well

if i had known i could have had a simple document with me at time of interview

instead of fancy court documents that cost a whole lot of money.

good luck

Thank you for the reply, Smurfette.

Am I understanding you correctly? Your one son's father was not on the birth cert and there was no problem? No letter of consent was required?

Your other son's father was listed so you had to get the consent letter even though you had sole custody?

Thanks again for your help.