Everything is different in Canada. In the US a parent has to sign the child's passport. In Canada, the passport is automatically invalidated if parents signs, and a completely new... (more)
passport application must be filled out with new passport photos.
posted March 7th, 2010 at 3:51pm in Toddler
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- omg. 3-7-2010 3:51pm
- canadas rule seems to make more sense 3-7-2010 3:51pm
- not to me. I have to go and do the whole damn thing again, 3-7-2010 3:52pm
- i don't see why it makes sense. 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- Prevents a divorced parent from stealign db 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- no, that's another rule. If you want to leave Canada with your db but spouse can't come, you need a notarized permission slip from him that you can go. What about battered wives? 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- that is the same in the US. 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- This never happened to me in the US. I was only stopped in Canada 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- I have been stopped in the US flying internationally. Not domestically. 3-7-2010 3:57pm
- This never happened to me in the US. I was only stopped in Canada 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- Technically this is the same in the us 3-7-2010 3:57pm
- that is the same in the US. 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- how does it prevent this? in the us, you can't get a passport unless both parents are present at the application. 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- B/c I can sign the PP and invalidate it- KWIM? 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- huh? 3-7-2010 3:56pm
- If there is an issue w/ DH I just sign PP to make sure it is invalid 3-7-2010 3:57pm
- he could still take the kid on the train to toronto and then to new york. no one checks on the trains 3-7-2010 3:56pm
- but he can't take to a coiuntry live Brazil or Italy or the ME with no extradition for custody disputes 3-7-2010 3:57pm
- unless he just took the passport and went. 3-7-2010 3:59pm
- but he can't take to a coiuntry live Brazil or Italy or the ME with no extradition for custody disputes 3-7-2010 3:57pm
- You could cut it to invalidate it, or throw it away 3-7-2010 3:58pm
- but what if he had the passport in his possession and just skipped town? 3-7-2010 3:59pm
- huh? 3-7-2010 3:56pm
- B/c I can sign the PP and invalidate it- KWIM? 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- no, that's another rule. If you want to leave Canada with your db but spouse can't come, you need a notarized permission slip from him that you can go. What about battered wives? 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- Prevents a divorced parent from stealign db 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- well, it is a different country 3-7-2010 3:52pm
- it is, but you would be surprised at how different it is for a place that would, on the surface, seem pretty similar 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- not surprised. I am Cdn and live in NY 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- their murder rates are SO MUCH lower than ours 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- makes up for the much higher prices 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- I am an atty and you would be shocked how laws vary state to state. 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- it is, but you would be surprised at how different it is for a place that would, on the surface, seem pretty similar 3-7-2010 3:53pm
- wait, would my 4 month old have to sign his passport himself? 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- no one can sign it. 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- canada, you mysterious minx of a country! 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- you know it! 3-7-2010 3:55pm
- canada, you mysterious minx of a country! 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- no, wait until they are older 3-7-2010 3:54pm
- no one can sign it. 3-7-2010 3:54pm