Moscow Interview Update: Father's Permission

[SteveM]

Just wanted to report that a friend of ours hit an unexpected problem at her interview on the 29th.  She did not have a notarized letter from the father of her 17 1/2 year old daughter granting his permission for her to leave.  As far as I have ever heard, it has never been required or requested, although we had such a letter handy just in case.

She got the letter, returned the next day, and was told that she will have to have it redone--it was accidentally dated 2003, instead of 2004 (why didn't the notary catch that?).  Assuming this takes place, everything else was fine, no other new wrinkles to report.

[T P Cornholio]

... in response to Moscow Interview Update: Father's Permis..., posted by SteveM on Feb 2, 2004

A notary isn't there to catch mistakes, they simply affirm that the person swears to what is in the document, and that the person is verified by ID to be who they say they are.

Isn't the legal age in Russia 17?  Therefore, she wouldn't need a permission document?

[Jack]

... in response to Moscow Interview Update: Father's Permis..., posted by SteveM on Feb 2, 2004

This is new news.

I thought about three years ago a Russian law was passed that prevented this type situation. This has happened a few times in Ukraine that I have heard of but thought this situation had been resolved totally in Russia.

Steve any additional information you can find out about this situation would be appreciated, especially the part about having to have a notarized letter of consent from child's father.

[SteveM]

... in response to Re: Moscow Interview Update: Father's Pe..., posted by Jack on Feb 3, 2004

Sorry I don't have any additional information to pass on, just that the Consulate said that they needed a properly notarized permission letter to grant the K-2.

Jack, I do appreciate your response.  I put a similar post on the alt.visa.marriage-based group, which I swore off dealing with a couple years ago.  First response was someone with a British husband lecturing me about how this is not new information.

Glad to know that there is somewhere that information about Moscow is still considered worth having :-)