{"id":1936,"date":"2017-08-17T11:51:08","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/success-story\/za-kordon-v-16-rokiv-aki-dokumenti-neobhidni\/"},"modified":"2018-09-21T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T09:32:23","slug":"za-kordon-v-16-rokiv-aki-dokumenti-neobhidni","status":"publish","type":"success-story","link":"https:\/\/ldn.org.ua\/en\/success-story\/za-kordon-v-16-rokiv-aki-dokumenti-neobhidni\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling abroad for a 16-year-old: required documents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sister and brother decided to go visit their\u00a0mother in\u00a0Russia, but the girl did not know which requirements have to be met so that her\u00a0minor 16-year-old brother could go abroad. She\u00a0tried to obtain\u00a0a power of attorney without their mother’s permission but in vain. Vyacheslav Lyakh<\/strong>, lawyer at the Bilozersky Office of the Legal Development\u00a0Network<\/em>, explained the rules of legislation that regulate\u00a0the crossing of the border by the\u00a016-year-old Ukrainians.<\/p>\n

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Lawyer of Belozersky Office of the Legal Development Network Vyacheslav Lyakh<\/em><\/p>\n

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Kateryna Donets<\/strong>* turned to Bilozersky Center for Regional Development<\/em>. According to the IRC “Legal space,”<\/em> the 27-year-old girl lives with her minor brother, who is already 16 years old. Their mother lives in Russia, and\u00a0their\u00a0father\u00a0is missing.<\/p>\n

The siblings were planning\u00a0to visit their\u00a0mother\u00a0but since the boy is a minor, Kateryna<\/strong> decided that a notarized power of attorney was required for her brother to travel abroad. The notary informed Kateryna<\/strong>\u00a0that he could\u00a0not issue a power of attorney without their\u00a0mother. To do this, she needs to apply to the court with a petition for granting a permit for a minor to travel abroad without one of the parents\u2019 consent.<\/p>\n

Having studied\u00a0the current legislation, the lawyer of the Office said that, according to Art. 2 of the Law “On the procedure for departure from Ukraine and entry into Ukraine of citizens of Ukraine”, minor citizens of Ukraine leave Ukraine with a passport of a citizen of Ukraine for travelling abroad, issued to children under the age of 18.<\/p>\n

Also, in part 3 of Article 313 of the Civil Code of Ukraine, an individual who has reached\u00a0the age of sixteen has the right to free independent travel outside of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

– To date, in order to cross the border with Russia you only need to have\u00a0a passport of a citizen of Ukraine, – the lawyer commented. – So, Kateryna<\/strong> does not need any\u00a0additional documents for travelling abroad with her brother.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the lawyer, the notary should have informed Kateryna<\/strong> about this, but for some reason he sent her to court.<\/p>\n

– The notary knew that the boy was already 16 years old. But he refused to issue a power of attorney to cross the border of a minor without the consent of his\u00a0mother. Although, in my opinion, he\u00a0had to inform that such a power of attorney is not needed in this case.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Vyacheslav Lyakh<\/strong> emphasized\u00a0that in order to travel to the counties of the\u00a0EU it is required\u00a0to have a biometric children’s passport:<\/p>\n

– You should keep in mind that in order for a minor to travel to the EU countries, the only official document that allows a child with Ukrainian citizenship to cross the border is a biometric children’s passport.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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* The name has been changed for ethical reasons.<\/p>\n

Written by Alexander Yermolayev, “Legal Space”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sister and brother decided to go visit their\u00a0mother in\u00a0Russia, but the girl did not know which requirements have to be met so that her\u00a0minor 16-year-old brother could go abroad. She\u00a0tried to obtain\u00a0a power of attorney without their mother’s permission but…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1937,"template":"","project":[],"section":[415,404],"class_list":["post-1936","success-story","type-success-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","section-legal-help-en","section-transport-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t