A passport for a child under 14 years old is a real opportunity for children to travel with their parents to other countries. In addition, such a document allows the child to travel independently to other states, for example, for exchange or study.
Where can I get a passport, and how long does it take?
In order to draw up the submitted document, you must contact the Office of the Migration Federal Service, which are located in almost every major city in the country. Other organizations (tourism or commercial companies) do not have legal rights to solve such a problem. All documents should be submitted in advance, as there may be a queue for obtaining a passport for the child.
You can even submit an application and application for registration via the Internet. As for the deadline for the production of a passport, it should not last more than 30 days from the moment of contacting the service. In some cases, extradition may be delayed for up to 4 months. The duration of the document is 5 years. Next you will have to reissue it.
Getting a passport can be expedited if you need to urgently go abroad for treatment or one of your relatives has died. To do this, provide a telegraph notice or other evidence of the need to expedite the procedure.
What papers should be submitted to the Migration Board?
In order to get a passport for a child under 14 years old, it is mandatory to submit a certain package of documents:
- birth certificate of children (originals and copies certified by a notary), and they must additionally have a special insert that indicates citizenship;
- A copy of the civil passport of the parents (all completed pages);
- 4 photographs of a child measuring 3.5 x 4.5 cm. Their quality should be high; it is desirable that the image is color, although a black and white picture is also allowed;
- 2 photos of parents;
- Application form, which is filled in the presence of one of the parents (2 copies);
- receipt of payment of state tax.
If a passport for a child under 14 years old has already been issued earlier, but its validity has expired, you should still submit to the migration authorities a certified copy of the first page of the old document.
What types of passports can a child receive?
There are several types of documents issued by modern migration authorities. For example, you have the opportunity to get a passport for a child under 14 years old of the previous model, which is no different from the general civilian one.
There is also a biometric card. It is equipped with a special chip, which contains all the necessary information about the child, up to the blood type, and sometimes fingerprints. Documents for issuing a passport for a child for each of the presented types are the same.
Advantages and disadvantages of an old-style document
A standard passport for a child under 14 has the following advantages:
- less tax;
- there is no need for the presence of the child in the migration office during paperwork;
- Passport is produced in the region where the application was submitted.
Among the shortcomings of the presented document is that it passes a longer check, valid for only 5 years. From time to time, you may have certain difficulties obtaining visas. The fact is that in some countries, government agencies have long switched to biometric cards and do not accept old-style documents. Naturally, such cases are rare, and basically they can be avoided.
Benefits of Biometric Passports
The new generation document is very popular today. However, not all apply for a biometric passport for a child under 14 years of age. The fact is that he has relatively few advantages:
- long validity period (up to 10 years);
- it is accepted by almost all countries and there are practically no problems with obtaining visas;
- may contain much more pages than the standard version.
The disadvantages of such a document for the child are slightly larger. First of all, the child, regardless of age, and the passport can be issued from birth, will have to personally appear in the Office. In addition, the baby is growing and its appearance is changing rapidly, which can cause many problems when trying to cross the border. Therefore, such a passport will have to be changed much earlier than its expiration date.
In addition, parents must pay a higher state fee. And such a document is made and issued only in the capital. And even more time is spent on making such a passport.
The procedure for applying for a passport
So, if you want your child to receive this document, you need to contact the Office of the Migration Service. Naturally, before that, you need to collect all the necessary papers for applying for a passport for a child. Teach that you should provide them in advance, since it can take a lot of time to prepare a document, and you simply will not have time to get a visa.
It must be remembered that for registration there is a state duty on a child for a passport. It is 1000-1200 rubles, depending on the type of document (standard or biometric). You can apply for registration via the Internet, but it is advisable to provide all other documents in person.
If the parents of the children do not live together, then additional documents must be submitted to the migration service: permission to take the child out of the country, a death certificate of relatives, a certificate of the unknown whereabouts of the mother or father.
In principle, these are all the features of applying for a passport for children. In any case, additional requirements can be obtained from the Migration Office of your region.
You will also have to decide on the type of document. A biometric passport is more acceptable for an adult.