problem with childs passport due to name change

skipness

peachyprice wrote: »

A parent travelling with a different surname to child rarely causes problems, not once in 19 years have I ever been stopped.

If she takes the child's birth certificate and of her marriage certificate/decree absolute she should be fine IF she gets stopped, and that's a big IF.

Earlier this year I was challenged for the first time, at Brussels Eurostar, but this was on the way back to the U.K. Surely if a challenge is to be made it would be when you are attempting to take a child out of the U.K., not bringing them home.
Remember that teacher who eloped to France with a teenage student, he wasn't challenged.

maman

skipness wrote: »

Earlier this year I was challenged for the first time, at Brussels Eurostar, but this was on the way back to the U.K. Surely if a challenge is to be made it would be when you are attempting to take a child out of the U.K., not bringing them home.
Remember that teacher who eloped to France with a teenage student, he wasn't challenged.

I think the girl in question was over 16 which I believe made her an 'independent' traveller.


When we've travelled with our DGDs (different names from us) we've always taken letters of permission from their parents just in case and the same with DDs or DGDs friends.


I think in this case I'd advise that the little girl's mother does take the birth certificate to demonstrate that she's the mother despite DD having a different name. That's assuming she's got a different name on her own passport.


As I said before, what a mess! I think next time someone posts about changing names I' going to su;)ggest they look into passport implications for offspring.

shaynemawer

yep, were definitely going take her birth certificate with us. Sister is also going to try and track her ex down so see can ask him to write a letter also saying he gives her permission to leave country. they split on good terms she just doesn't know where he is tho.

thanks for all the advice :T

peachyprice

skipness wrote: »

Earlier this year I was challenged for the first time, at Brussels Eurostar, but this was on the way back to the U.K. Surely if a challenge is to be made it would be when you are attempting to take a child out of the U.K., not bringing them home.
Remember that teacher who eloped to France with a teenage student, he wasn't challenged.

It's strange, the only time we've ever come close to being challenged was coming back into the UK, and that was only the immigration person asking my sons where their dad was, to which the replied at work probably.

Other stories I've heard have always been coming back into the UK too, never going out.

balletshoes

peachyprice wrote: »

It's strange, the only time we've ever come close to being challenged was coming back into the UK, and that was only the immigration person asking my sons where their dad was, to which the replied at work probably.

Other stories I've heard have always been coming back into the UK too, never going out.

I've been asked for letters of permission for my nieces (because they have a different surname to me) going out of the UK at Ebbsfleet (this was this year), and coming into the UK at Luton.