Forging passports - slight spinoff

That is why I was very skeptical at first. In the US, it is extremely difficult to get a passport for a child. Forging someone's signature is not enough. A notary has to swear that they checked the person's ID.
If there is an allegation of fraud, the notary as well as the father would be under investigation.

Another reason I was skeptical is that none of the "Missing Children" Sites has taken on this cause, , which they usually do within 72 hours of receiving a valid claim.

But there is verification of a Rav, so I have to Dan the mother L'kaf zchus.
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When we needed to get passports, dh had to come with me.
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I obviously don't know all the deatils and am not judging the mother. I was just curious if the process was different if the parents were both US citizens. Each time, we applied from outside the country so maybe they thought it was more possible to sneak getting passports and bolting with the kids back to the US rather than if we actually lived in the US already or something. Plus the one time I took them alone from Canada to the States, I needed a notarized letter of permission from DH.

Just to clarify... You mean forged signature to apply for a passport, which does not mean the same as a forged passport, right? I assume difficult, but not impossible, if someone forges both spouse's and notary's signatures. The regulation has a loophole to the two-parents-in-physical-presence rule.

Posted: Mon, Jun 28 2010, 8:02 am Post subject:

I doubt those passports were forged. They were probably fraudulently obtained.

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I got a passport for a child without my dh being there. Can't remember if we needed a notarized letter or not - I don't think so, but it could be that I forgot since then. But if I had needed one, it wouldn't have been difficult, as it is very easy to get a notarized signature where I am - I have done it many times and they never asked to see ID or anything.