[pennyand]

My name is Penny and my husband is Jeff. We have two boys, David (6) Russia and Jonathan (3) biological. We are waiting for Miriam in in Guatemala. She was born February 8th and we received the referral on her on February 13th. We are post March 5th. I have found this board encouraging and informative.

We are traveling to Canada by car next week. Does anyone know what kind of documentation we will need for our adopted son. We do have his certificate of American citizenship. Do we need anything else? Thank you.

Penny

[crathke]

Generally, for travel to Canada the "most" you will need is a copy of a birth certificate. Depending on how diligent you want to be, you could also take your son's green card and adoption decree. The US and Canada still have fairly lax identification requirements, even post-9/11. My husband was there earlier this year and all they asked for was his driver's license. (although he had his passport, just in case)

We are traveling within the US next month and that's what I will be taking (airlines).

[Jeanne21]

I am a Canadian, and live on the border, so I travel a lot. I have actually travelled with adopted children and their families before. All you need is his birth certificate, which should have been reissued in Russia with you and your husband's name. If you want to be safe, bring a passport along too (though you shouldn't be asked for it). Often they do not even ask ID for children, just for the parents.