Going International

Harper's Ready For Bermuda

This is Harper's Passport Photo
(She is being held up by Will and I)

Harper's passport was fully approved and we received it in the mail yesterday.  This has been a very touchy subject for me the last few weeks. If you have been following my blog you know that my family is traveling to Bermuda the first week of June to celebrate my parents 35 Wedding Anniversary. So, it is very important for us to get Harper's passport so she can travel . However, we almost were not able to get her passport due to a mistake a person made in the hospital. See, the Vital Records person at the hospital recorded Will's name wrong. His full legal name is William Gorman. The Vital Records person wrote down William's name as Will. (We are still trying to figure out if they asked me Will's name before or after I had been given the epidural because I may be to blame depending when they asked :/ ). So, when we received Harper's birth certificate Will's legal name "William" was not correct on it. The problem with this is that in order to get a passport for a newborn you must have the birth certificate and two forms of identification showing the names of the parents. Since, Will's name did not match his two forms of identification I feared we would not get a passport. 

I immediately contacted the Vital Records Department and they stated that it would take at Least 12 weeks to have a birth certificate changed. With our trip being in early June this created a huge problem. So, I also decided to contact the US Passport Agency and they stated all I needed was an affidavit showing the name was wrong on the birth certificate but that it was going to be corrected.  Luckily, Will was able to get the affidavit signed and notarized in time for our appointment at the passport agency. Next time, I will make sure that the Vital Records are correct before leaving the hospital.

Now we are getting ready for our trip to Bermuda. (More to come on this topic)