Travel documents for child with single parent (child has name change by deed poll)

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Evening all,

I am travelling to Australia with ds (10) to visit cousins. DS has my surname on his passport, his Father has PR but no contact from November last year. I normally travel to Europe and don't take any additional permissions but used to take a copy of birth cert as DS previously had ex's surname, changed by deed poll to mine with permission last year. I know Australia can be different so I a have a signed letter of permission from ex with a copy of his passport, details of flights on it. Would you still take copy of birth cert and deed poll to be safe? I don't want to get there and have problems although can't see it with him having my surname and permission.

Thanks!

Take everything just to be on the safe side

photocopy everything before you go and put it on a stick plus take everything with you.

Thank you both, everything is photo copied and in a folder, seriously organised! Mummymeister hadn't thought about a back up, I'll do that too, Thank You!

Better to have it as some form of online storage (that you can also access on your phone). But definitely take the originals

The only time I have been properly stopped turned out i had accidentally not brought original it was a record of registration or something like that. It was not fun, I was thoroughly told off.

Thanks toffee so would you take original birth cert? I have a legal copies of the deed poll so that will be fine but didn't like the thought of taking originals. Years back I got asked if ds was mine coming back into the UK and a copy of the birth cert was okay. That was when we had different surnames. I will take the letter that his Father gave as permission for the name change too.

Yes I take originals, although one birth certificate is a certified copy issued by the official registrar as I thought I had lost one . In my case I take their birth certificates and my divorce and deed poll. I actually keep them on a little plastic folder that goes straight from lock box to travel bag and vice versa.

Although I should imagine as you have the same surname it would be fine. DC don't and when I travel with DP he has a different surname again.