Again, I don’t know what to tell you other than I remember two years ago accurately.

Well, I don’t know what to tell you. We didn’t have them with us for their renewals, and there were no issues.

Australia is huge. Nine hours from Sidney to Melbourne by car, if memory serves me.

To be fair, there are plenty of Aussies like that. I dated one.

In the US, the majority of illegal immigrants come here legally and out stay their visas.

Not necessarily. My mother got me one at twelve with nothing planned. She wanted me to value my American citizenship, and thought being able to travel to so many places with just a passport (no additional visa) was/is one of the best things about being American.

That’s common in the Midwest but uncommon on the coasts. It’s cheaper for me to fly to Reykjavik than it is to LA. My children are teens and have traveled to Europe on four separate occasions, but they’ve never been to California. I went to uni in Ohio and it blew my mind how many people had never seen the ocean.

There are different zones and treaties in Europe. It depends where you live and where you are going. Example: UK to France, you need a passport. France to Germany, you do not.

I think they’re talking about traveling within the EU.

Yes. I was present with my ex when my children’s passports were both issued and renewed. Ironically, we didn’t need our actual children for the renewal (just pics) but both of us had to request it together.

The US/Canada land border requires a letter from the other parent. The Schengen Zone did not, and though I had documentation from my ex, I was not asked for it. Though I don’t hold my children’s passports, I do have photos of the information pages.

Though honestly, in a kidnapping scenario, she would be stupid to travel with their real identities because it is so easily tracked now that passports have chips.