Baby Passports: Traverse The Globe With Your Little One

There is no better way to show your children the world than by traveling

. In order to go on these international trips, your child will need a passport. Some questions concerning kids passport are frequent, and armed with some answers, you can be comfortable and confident when traveling abroad with your children.

Everyone who travels needs a passport, from the smallest infant to the most elderly gentleman. Also, passports are valid for children under sixteen for only five years, while those above age sixteen can keep those for ten years. If a passport is damaged, it will need to be replaced. Additional passport pages can be inserted without having to purchase a completely new passport.

As of February 2008, passport application require the consent of both parents or legal guardians for children under 16. This consent may only be requested if your child is between the ages of 16 and 18. If your child is under 18, he or she will need to be there in person in front of the AA, the acceptance agent. Both parents or legal guardians are required to show valid forms of ID to the acceptance agent in order to be allowed to apply for the child.

In order to successfully apply for your minor child, you will need to have proof of their US citizenship. This can be done with a previously issued passport that is not damaged, a naturalization certificate, a certified birth certificate, a Consular Report of Birth Abroad or Certification of Birth, or a certificate of citizenship. With this done, you will then need to prove your relationship to the child. This can be done with a certified birth certificate with both parents' names, an adoption decree, or a court order mandating guardianship or custody. A birth certificate can be from another country, as long as you have another source of proof for citizenship. The parents or guardians will then have to prove their identity. Previously issued passports, valid driver's licenses, military or government employee ID, or naturalization certificates are acceptable forms of identification. After this is done and photocopies are made for the records, parents would then give their consent, pay for the U S passport, and submit two identical passport photos. This completes the process.

On another note, if you and your spouse are American citizens and you have a baby born abroad, it needs to be reported to the US embassy or consulate in the country. A basic American citizenship document, the Consular Report of Birth of a Citizen of the United States of America, will be issued, granting your child American citizenship.

by: Ben Pate..

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