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Dad won't give consent letter for my daughter as he is bitter

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KindExpert · 04/09/2024 19:50

Hi I have booked a holiday to Egypt for October 2024 with my daughter who lives with me. And only sees him when her can be bothered in all fairness. I told my ex partner back in January about the trip and he was fine with it. He hasn't been paying child support for over 7 months so I've decided to go down the csa route. He isn't happy about this and out of spite has now decided he won't give a consent letter unless I cancel the csa. I haven't mentioned anything about this to my daughter because I don't want to upset her as she's quite an emotional person and this will affect her. I have her birth certificate. Me and my ex both have custody of her so I feel this will be a issue when traveling. Can anyone help

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MaidOfAle · 05/09/2024 22:00

Goldbar · 05/09/2024 11:44

The police are highly unlikely to be particularly interested in it after the fact.

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  1. He could act before they leave to have a Port Alert activated.
  2. A random check at the airport would scupper the whole thing.
AnneElliott · 05/09/2024 22:29

I used to work for immigration and we'd ask for the birth certificate but would also ask a child old enough to answer who the adult was they were travelling with.

UK immigration aren't concerned about court orders (and we wouldn't have the details) the key objective was preventing child abduction and trafficking. A parent taking their child on holiday isn't something they'd be overly concerned with.

Sometimes people did have letters of consent but how do I know what your exes signature looked like? The important thing is proving who you are in relation to her.

MaidOfAle · 05/09/2024 22:41

AnneElliott · 05/09/2024 22:29

I used to work for immigration and we'd ask for the birth certificate but would also ask a child old enough to answer who the adult was they were travelling with.

UK immigration aren't concerned about court orders (and we wouldn't have the details) the key objective was preventing child abduction and trafficking. A parent taking their child on holiday isn't something they'd be overly concerned with.

Sometimes people did have letters of consent but how do I know what your exes signature looked like? The important thing is proving who you are in relation to her.

The risk to this holiday is not at the returning to the UK stage, which is what UK immigration would be worried about. The risk is at point of departure, which immigration don't give two hoots about. The court order is to allow OP and her DD to leave the UK without being stopped or OP being accused of trying to abduct DD to Egypt, not to allow their return.

AnneElliott · 05/09/2024 22:44

Yes I'm aware @MaidOfAle - but UK immigration highly unlikely to take action on the way out. It's just not the way they are set up.

I have no idea about Egypt and their entry requirements but many others have given their experiences on the thread.

MaidOfAle · 05/09/2024 22:50

AnneElliott · 05/09/2024 22:44

Yes I'm aware @MaidOfAle - but UK immigration highly unlikely to take action on the way out. It's just not the way they are set up.

I have no idea about Egypt and their entry requirements but many others have given their experiences on the thread.

The Border Force will act on a Port Alert. They have a whole section, National Border Targeting Centre, for coordinating Port Alerts.

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