Passport issues with ex

[Bigbluebear33]

Hello I am needing advice or wondering if anyone has been in the same situation. My ex wont give me permission to take my daughter on a family holiday. I am looking to apply for a UK passport for my daughter does anyone know how I can go around this without his permission. We were not married but he is on my daughter birth certificate?

Do you need his permission legally to take her out of the UK?

Does the child already have a UK passport which he holds ? If not, then you can certainly apply for one. However you would be foolish to breach any court order about this.

You can apply for a passport without his permission assuming you are the rp.

You can take him to court for permission unless there is a risk of not returning unlikely to be denied or if you have a cao you can take child for up to 28 days

Hi OP - we're going to move this to legal matters for you

The best thing to do is get an order that your daughter lives with you. this will enable you to take her on holiday for up to 28 days at a time without his permission.

Failing that, you need a specific issue order granting you the same permission.

I got my sons passport without permission. But I had to send my parents marriage certificate for some reason. Anyway getting his passport was no problem at all.

My sons dad isn't around but the kind of man to make my life difficult for me. I got legal advice and was told a residency order would be best option but was advised it would be pointless for me as dad is completely absent. Has piped up once in 3 years! She also told me though no judge in the land would deny a child the opportunity to have a holiday as long as there is proof of a return.

His being an arse hole. Why would he not want his child to enjoy the world? His trying to spite you. Let him take you to court. He needs a valid reason why you should not be allowed to take her. Him not wanting you to will not be enough

You don't need permission to apply for a passport.
I have just applied for my childs first passport. His father is on his BC, but there is no contact now and no court orders. I sent my birth certificate, and my childs birth certificate as requested. They asked for both sets of grandparents birth certificates also. I wrote a covering note to say I couldn't supply these.
Hasn't affected anything. His passport arrived 3 days ago.

It depends on the country. With an Irish passport for example you do need both parents consent but only one parent if it's a British passport

You can apply without permission, send a copy of your passport and child’s birth certificate , mine came back no problem and child has fathers surname on birth certificate and passport , I spoke to the passport off they told me directly a mother can get a passport without fathers consent but a father can not get one without a mothers consent.

Do NOT EVER consider traveling abroad without either ;

a) written letter of consent complete with checkable contact numbers. Don't ever think about forging this.

Or

b) A residency order £215 for court fee. Reduced or completely free depending on income. Get both applications from HMCTS website. (This will allow you to take dc out of the country for up to 28 days)

Or

Specific steps order to ask the court to grant permission for a specific holiday. Same price as residency order. So a bit pointless really when the residency order covers you for ALL holidays up to age 16 unless the order is changed.

Please do not listen to the idiots who May come on here swearing they have been travelling with their kids for a decade with no problem. It's like far e evasion .. you can do it for sure but if you get caught the shit hits the fan..only not a £20 fine but arrest for child abduction

You can do the passport without him but you need his permission to take her i think