princeville

Congrats on a great outcome! Even better that you were able to sort it out directly with AF. Enjoy your vouchers!

I was one that commented, a few hundred posts ago, that I travel with my children's birth certificates. It has since been mentioned that this is dangerous because child traffickers and identity thieves could get their hands on both original documents, so I did want to point out that I do not keep them in the same place. Our passports are always in an internal pocket in a crossbody bag and the birth certificates with other travel documents in my carry on backpack, thus reducing the chances of losing both at once. And I only carry them when flying or otherwise crossing international borders. In my case, 1) I usually travel without my husband, 2) I have kept my maiden name so my surname doesn't match my children's, and 3) my children are mixed race and I have the recessive genes so they don't resemble me at all and I have been asked for my "permission slip" from my husband to travel with them more than once, even in countries that do not explicitly require this, so I do think it's worth the risk of having the original documents with me. I am truly grateful that authorities are looking out for trafficked children, and don't mind the small inconvenience of proving my relationship to my own children, but am very cautious about it.

obscure2k

Good resolution and good feedback from the OP. Nothing to be gained from keeping this thread open.
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