kbolden

****She MADE a birth certificate on her home computer. Copied one that was real
and made it look all official. No one questioned it EVER.******


Do you mean she used it to get a US Passport or something? That's scary. (Unless she wants to go into the fake birth certificate business :-)

Or do you mean she used to get in/out of Mexico? That wouldn't surprise me. Customs agents in Mexico, the Caribbean, etc are so used to US tourists they barely even look. Ditto with the "regulation" about bringing in a child without a permission letter from the other parent. I've done it a million times -- nobody ever asked to see anything, and my kids and I do not have the same last name.

I arrived in Italy with an expired passport. No comment from Italian customs. I lost my passport in France and came home without it. Short explanation to the French agent. Short explanation to the US agent. The airline was more diligent than customs!

Hmmm. Maybe I just look trustworthy. <g>

Kay


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In a message dated 4/30/03 9:11:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
kbolden@... writes:

> Or do you mean she used to get in/out of Mexico? That wouldn't surprise me.
> Customs agents in Mexico, the Caribbean, etc are so used to US tourists
> they barely even look.

That is funny because my boys were born in Germany and we had passports for
them both. But babies change so much so fast that within a month the
passport looked nothing like them. Not to mention at a year what they looked
like. We went in and out of so many countries and no one even questioned it.
LOL. We did carry their birth certificates in case anyone ever did question
it but no one did.
Pam G.


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>
> That is funny because my boys were born in Germany and we had passports for
> But babies change so much so fast that within a month the
> passport looked nothing like them.

We have a birth certificate for Max and it's completely in Arabic so we
have no way of knowing if it's actually accurate and the name spelling
could be anything because the translation becomes an issue of phonics.

But they did let us get a US passport. What is interesting is that for 2 of
my kids who were born out of the US they are listed as being born out of
wedlock (even though we've been married 18 years). When you have kids
overseas you have to show proof of divorce for either parent who's been
married before. DH was but the papers are in storage somewhere.
I have no idea what this might mean (if anything) down the road for the kids??

I did get nervous here in the UAE about it because you go to jail for
having a child if you aren't married! But apparantly the state department
keeps it a secret.

Kate




Not to mention at a year what they looked
> We went in and out of so many countries and no one even questioned it.
> We did carry their birth certificates in case anyone ever did question
> it but no one did.
> Pam G.
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In a message dated 4/30/03 2:15:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
karegree@... writes:

> But they did let us get a US passport. What is interesting is that for 2 of
> my kids who were born out of the US they are listed as being born out of
> wedlock (even though we've been married 18 years). When you have kids
> overseas you have to show proof of divorce for either parent who's been
> married before. DH was but the papers are in storage somewhere.
> I have no idea what this might mean (if anything) down the road for the
> kids??

My boys were born in Germany and I had been married before, I had to have the
divorce papers. Also, since the birth certificate was in German, I had to
have a translation, done by the hospital, sent with the birth certificate for
their American birth certificate and passport. We were in the military that
is why they got American birth certificates. It says US citizen born abroad.
Pam G.


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In a message dated 4/30/03 7:11:39 AM, kbolden@... writes:

<< Ditto with the "regulation" about bringing in a child without a
permission letter from the other parent. I've done it a million times --
nobody ever asked to see anything, and my kids and I do not have the same
last name. >>

We had a hard moment bringing our kids out of Canada because we only had
COPIES of birth certificates, not originals. And both parents were right
there, with IDs...

I guess they randomly put the fear of customs into a few people to keep
everybody on their toes.

Sandra

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In a message dated 4/30/03 5:03:04 PM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:

<< Or do you mean she used to get in/out of Mexico? >>

Yes. That's all you need for travel between here and Mexico. No one ever
questioned it, not once. She also used it to get her drivers license. Never
questioned again.
All of the information on it was accurate, it just wasn't issued by the state.

Ren
"They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible
spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, they danced by the light of the
moon."
--The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear