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crazycatlady · Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:22 pm Post subject: signed letter from father???

on my checklist of things to provide to my new employer is 'signed letter from father.' wtf?

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

In all of my years in the Gulf, that has only been required of a single/divorced mother bringing a small child... referring to the child's father. Since in Islam, children are considered the property of the father, no matter what some other country's courts may say.

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crazycatlady · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:52 am Post subject:

well, that's a relief. i was thinking, 'please don't tell me i need my daddy's permission to work at your school!'

heyteacha · Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 21

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

AFAIK they don't require verification that the mother was married to the father. But you need to provide the birth certificate and a letter of permission from the father listed on that document.

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heyteacha · Joined: 04 Apr 2010 Posts: 21

Ok, thanks Smile

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DesertStar · Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Posts: 80 Location: UAE Oasis

crazycatlady · Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:11 pm Post subject:

what happens if there's no father listed on the birth certificate? like if a woman got pregnant and didn't tell the father, or doesn't know who the father is? or if the father left and doesn't have anything to do with the child anymore?

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I doubt that she could get a visa for either of them. She would then be guilty of the crime of "adultery" oddly enough. (term they use for all sex outside of marriage)

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