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[Guest lilac6451]

I believe the paper you have is enough, but you should have your divorce papers translated by the notary just to be positive there is no question.

 

We only had the divorce notary statement for our son and it was enough.

 

I would not advise trying to get the father's permission as you don't require it according to your divorce agreement.

I have my divorce papers translated by the notary.

Amanda, you still have to check because the notary officials make mistakes when translating the paper work. It happened to mine. Just make sure to save trouble.

[amanda1969]

I believe the paper you have is enough, but you should have your divorce papers translated by the notary just to be positive there is no question.

 

We only had the divorce notary statement for our son and it was enough.

 

I would not advise trying to get the father's permission as you don't require it according to your divorce agreement.

I have my divorce papers translated by the notary.

Amanda, you still have to check because the notary officials make mistakes when translating the paper work. It happened to mine. Just make sure to save trouble.

what kind of mistakes did they make when translating?

[LeeFisher3]

I believe the paper you have is enough, but you should have your divorce papers translated by the notary just to be positive there is no question.

 

We only had the divorce notary statement for our son and it was enough.

 

I would not advise trying to get the father's permission as you don't require it according to your divorce agreement.

I have my divorce papers translated by the notary.

You should be just fine.

 

We did not ask permission from the father as none was needed, since he didn't have custody and there was no reason to ask for trouble.

[iyan46]

Amanda,

 

My wife only had her divorce papers when we applied for her and her son's visa ... and we had no problem.. BUT ... there was no contact between the son and father for years ... he's 16 now.

 

How old is your son, and do you think the father will contest you bringing him to the US ?

[amanda1969]

Amanda,

 

My wife only had her divorce papers when we applied for her and her son's visa ... and we had no problem.. BUT ... there was no contact between the son and father for years ... he's 16 now.

 

How old is your son, and do you think the father will contest you bringing him to the US ?

My son is 14 years old now. Son told me he would tell his father to sign permission if we needed to get his permission.

[amanda1969]

I believe the paper you have is enough, but you should have your divorce papers translated by the notary just to be positive there is no question.

 

We only had the divorce notary statement for our son and it was enough.

 

I would not advise trying to get the father's permission as you don't require it according to your divorce agreement.

I have my divorce papers translated by the notary.

You should be just fine.

 

We did not ask permission from the father as none was needed, since he didn't have custody and there was no reason to ask for trouble.

You are right. Right now what I should do is to check paper work and to be sure it is right translation and to keep positive attitude towards the process of applying for and waiting for.

[iyan46]

I asked Jing about this, She tells me that as long as your divorce papers say you have custody that they probably won't ask about it.

[LeeFisher3]

I asked Jing about this, She tells me that as long as your divorce papers say you have custody that they probably won't ask about it.

Sole custody in China is much different from the US, in China the parent with Sole Custody is the only one who has any say concerning the child, it's as if the other parent no longer exists.

 

Joint custody is less common in China, but on the rise and in those cases the other parents permission is requested. There are some cases where it has been requested, but not required for getting a visa.

[Guest lilac6451]

I believe the paper you have is enough, but you should have your divorce papers translated by the notary just to be positive there is no question.

 

We only had the divorce notary statement for our son and it was enough.

 

I would not advise trying to get the father's permission as you don't require it according to your divorce agreement.

I have my divorce papers translated by the notary.

Amanda, you still have to check because the notary officials make mistakes when translating the paper work. It happened to mine. Just make sure to save trouble.

what kind of mistakes did they make when translating?

Make sure they printed your name and your son's name without any mistakes, also the date, month, year of everything.

 

One thing you have to make sure that if your son's name has three chinese chararters, translating it the way you want his name appear on his future greencard unless you want to give him an English name.