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leti89
Joined 2013
Posts: 4

Exiting Argentina with children

10 years ago

Hello, Any comments or people having experience with leaving Argentina with kids would be appreciated.

Both my daughters (ages 12 and 15), flew in from Ecuador to Buenos Aires with their father. No issues entering the country. My husband did not have a formal permission letter from me.

I was told by various Argentinian friends that I will not be allowed to take my children out of Argentina even though they are US citizens unless i have a notarized letter of Authorization from my husband.

No issue there, my husband will sign authorization.

The confusion lies as to what the immigration in Argentina will accept when I leave Argentina with my daughters.
I contacted the US embassy and that was a waste of time, they told me to contact immigration in Buenos Aires.

On their website they say i have to have notarized consent from my husband. When I contacted various attorney's(notaries in Argentina are lawyers), they would not assist me unless I had apostilled copies of our marriage and birth certificates for out daughter.

I do not apostilled copies of our marriage certificate of apostilled copies of my daughter's birth certificate.. I just have copies. I scheduled an appointment with the US embassy for notarial services on Aug 13th.

Im just wondering if anyone knows if that will be sufficient to leave. We have been vacationing, my children are US citizens and do not an Argentinian Visa or Residency.

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