Often among novice travelers who decide to take their child on a trip abroad, the question arises of how to make a child a passport and whether it should be done at all. Perhaps a record of this in the parent's passport is enough? Let's get it right.
Need or desire of parents?
In fact, it all depends on what kind of passports parents use. If the travel document is in paper form (issued for a period of 5 years), then a record of a child under 14 years old in the passport of one of the parents will be sufficient. Records in old-style passports valid until the beginning of spring 2010 are also valid. If the passport is biometric, then it is not possible to write the child into it, so in this case there is nothing left to do but how to make the passport for the child.
Benefits of a separate travel document for a child
If the record of the child is in the passport of only one parent, then he can no longer go abroad with the second. A separate children's passport is convenient in that the child can travel with any of the relatives (if there is a document confirming kinship). Another important advantage for children is that they can travel completely unaccompanied by their relatives, as part of organized groups, if they have their own travel document. Making a children's passport, of course, is more expensive than just entering the child in the parent, but from a practical point of view it is much more convenient. In addition, now the legislation of the Russian Federation allows a child of any age (from birth) to have his own travel document.
How to make a passport for a child?
At first glance, this is nothing complicated, but this is only true if you carefully follow all the rules. The first thing you need to think about before you make a child’s passport is about collecting all the necessary documents. You will need:
- birth certificate of a child;
- Russian passport of the parent (or guardian);
- four photos on a matte basis, measuring 3.5 x 4.5 or 3 x 4 cm;
- old passport, if any, for replacement;
- application form of the established form (can be filled in place);
- receipt (payment of the state registration fee: regular passport - 300 rubles; biometric - 1200 rubles).
It is advisable to prepare photocopies of all documents in advance (so you will reduce the time, because you will still be asked to provide them). The process of registration (with a full package of documents) usually takes about 1 month. How to urgently make a child a passport if there is no time to wait? You can ask for help from intermediaries who have access to the FMS, but usually their services for urgent issuance of a passport are quite expensive (10,000 rubles and above).
What else needs to be considered?
Before deciding which child’s passport to make - regular (for 5 years) or biometric (for 10), think about how your baby will look after these intervals. Perhaps it makes sense to save money and make a passport on paper, otherwise suddenly after 8-9 years the border guards simply will not recognize your child and will not let you go abroad! Nevertheless, the decision as to which document to make, as well as how to make a passport (St. Petersburg, Moscow time full of proposals from intermediaries), remains with the applicant.