I should have really checked on this sooner than a week before the cruise.ģ. I am going to split them up in my house and make sure a relative has official copies also.Ģ. I have duplicates and triplicates of their birth certificates but they were all in one place. I wonder if I used them on that first cruise.ġ. The date is just before our first cruise 10 years ago. I looked at my notarized copies and they are copies of the original certificate and notarized. I only found it by taking the drawer out and completely emptying the drawer. I searched hours yesterday including the 'drawer' multiple times and went back to same drawer they were supposed to be in today and the envelope slipped under a drawer organizer. I hope it all works out and you have a great laugh about it on your cruise!
It's possible the copy you have would work if that is how your state use to issue them. Both of them if you try and make copies, it is very clear it is not official. My younger son's certificate doesn't have any seal or signature. My older son's birth certificate doesn't have a raised seal, but it was signed by the person who printed it out. I told her I would never lose a copy again! I had them print 10 copies and the lady looked at me like I was crazy. I got extremely lucky that they have an outbranch very close to my house and I managed to get there just in time before they closed for the day. I turned the house upside down and couldn't find a single copy! The courthouse representative told me that the Health Department could reprint it for me on the spot. I would though, if you are traveling without the children's mother, I would make sure that you have a signed letter from her acknowledging that you have her permission to take the kids on the cruise.Īnd, yes, get the kids their passports! )Īre you sure you can't get a copy of your children's birth certificates from the Health Department? I found myself standing at the courthouse with my husband, kid, and all the other documents and was missing my son's birth certificate. I doubt it would go that high, but as I said, I don't know what the protocol is in Miami. Your embarkation may take a bit longer, and you and your party may be asked to step aside while a supervisor, or two, and maybe the ship's documentation officer makes the final decision. While I can't speak for what they do in Miami, I do know that the cruise lines will do everything legally to get you on the ship. Our office prints it out, a copy is given to the passenger to present upon returning back to the US and and all is well. In these situations, the passenger is asked to contact someone at home to find and electronically send a photo of their gov't issued birth certificate to the pier.
#Notarized birth certificate license
The reason I say that you will most likely be okay is that we have passengers show up at the pier without the correct travel documents everyday (example - someone who believes that just their Real ID diver's license is enough documentation to get on board). Assuming that the notarized birth certificates are gov't issued (not hospital/footprint certificates), the check-in agent may call over a supervisor to approve the documents and then complete the embarkation. Does anyone have any experience with this?Īs someone who checks in cruise passengers (Alaska bound), let me tell you what probably will happen. It does not mention that the copy needs to have a raised seal, but I am nervous it should. The RCCL information just lists a notarized birth certificate copy and ID for kids 16 and older. I must not have returned them to their usual place when a kid got a driver's license this year. The combination of COVID (which I work in) and being a single dad sometimes is a lot. I have my passport and I know Passports for them would be better and it's irresponsible I cannot find their original certificates which I have used for many cruises before. My state does not make expedited birth certificate copies. I have a call in to Royal Caribbean also. My travel agent said to check with US dept of homeland security.
The copies do not have a raised seal and I want to make sure these are okay.
I'm sailing 12/26 on a closed loop from Miami on Oasis with my 3 teens and I can only find notarized copies of my kids birth certificates.
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