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No one - not even a baby - travels internationally without a passport except in extremely limited areas such as Schengen. (Or in the extremely rare situation of being stateless but somehow able to obtain a travel document.)The parents apply for a passport of whatever their own citizenship is for the baby, at their own country’s closest embassy or consulate in the US. They should also apply for a US passport for the baby, using the birth certificate as evidence of the child’s citizenship.

In October of 2015 my son and his mother went to Japan for a holiday for about a month. This holiday was extended to 3 months. They had return tickets. At the end of the 3 months the mother refused to return with our son to Australia. She prevented me returning with him to Australia by withholding his travel documents. She retained him in Japan without consent i.e. abducted him. I attempted to use the Hague Convention to have my son returned to his home in Australia. However, this failed.The Osaka family court ruled that:My son’s place of habitual residence was Australia prior to the holiday,I had given consent for him to stay and live in Japan without meI submitted to the court unequivocal evidence in the form of instant messages which I had sent to the mother saying that they must return as originally planned. Unfortunately, the judges of the Osaka Family Court ignored this evidence.I appealed to the Osaka High Court. They ruled that:My son’s place of habitual residence was never Australia prior to the holidayThe Osaka High Court ignored that fact that my family had settled and lived in Australia for over 12 months prior to the holiday. They ignored that my son and his mother went to Japan only on a holiday. My son was born in Japan.The Osaka High Court denied my appeal.The Japanese Hague courts legitimise international parental child abduction under the treaty which was designed to prevent such an act occurring. The Australian Government has been silent on this issue.Since January 2016, my son has only been allowed to spend a total of 4 hours face to face time with me (over 3 separate visits). 2 hours of this has been at train stations in Japan. All aspects of these visits have been dictated by the mother.There appears to be no legal recourse for parental child abduction in Japan because there are no actual laws protecting the rights of the child to have both parents, and families in their life. The abducting parent calls all the shots as court orders are not effectively enforced by the authorities. It seems that children are treated as mere objects and/or property of the abducting parent. Child abduction is child abuse. It must be stopped.If you are interested in reading more about this issue, I regularly add news articles to my online petition here: Sign the Petition

I am 22 years old girl. I lived my whole life with my grandmother, because my parents were working overseas. Throughout these years, I realized that deep down, my own parents gave me too many reasons to hate the fact that they are my parents.They left me and travelled when I was 6 years old. They left me at my grandmother’s place for 16 years. Which is basically all my life.They called me once every month. As I grew older, they called me less.My mother always promised me without fulfilling any. Until I grew up not trusting anyone not even myself.When I got heart broken by my lover, my parents were never there for me. They never knew what I was going through.When I was around 12, I begged my mother to come live with me in our home town and she said in an aggressive manner "I can never leave your father alone and come be with you.” And ever since, I never asked her to live with me again. I continued my years with my grandmother.When I graduated from high school and got good grades, my friends’ parents were celebrating, but when I called my parents to tell them that I made it, it was a normal reaction from them. I cried too much back then.When it was graduation ceremony at school, and my mother came to our hometown to see me graduate, she told me at the end of the graduation “I regret flying all these miles for this silly graduation.”I always begged my mother to go shopping with me whenever she came for a visit, but she never did.I hate how my best friend’s father used to treat me like his own daughter, and whenever I complained to my father about it, he never gave a damn. (He never picked up the phone and called me, unless he was drunk on Saturday nights.)When I moved to college, my parents did not know where my dorms was. Even when they came to the country, they never cared to ask.I hate how I did not go to my college graduation because my parents did not even ask me about it and did not fly to see me graduate, while I saw all my other friends’s pictures with their parents graduate. Many of them flew miles to be with their children during this big day.After I graduated, I flew to my parents’ around 5 months ago until my new college starts again.After all these years, when I finally chose to fly to where my parents live and stay a couple months with them until my new college starts for my MA pursuit, they made me feel like a burden.I hate how my mother keeps calling me names. She makes me feel like I am her competitor. She hates it when I put make up. She hates it when I wear nice outfit. I never know why though. So yes, I'm no longer taking care of myself and I feel empty and ugly.2 months ago, my mother accused me that I was flirting with my father’s work partner when he was invited to lunch, just because i was polite to him. It was the most humiliating thing I went through In my entire life. It changed my whole perception to how I view them-my dad listened to her as usual.I hate how my father has no character. He listens to whatever my mom says. He fears her.I hate how my mother favors my brother. She talks to him during mornings, but never talks to me. She hugs him, but never hugs me.I hate how one time my father told her to make me dinner, (she was already making dinner for my father and brother) and then she started yelling at him and said that someone like her can not make dinner for a person like me. It hurt me but I remained silent.My mother never believes in me, constantly lets me down and wants me to get married.I hate how they think they are the best parents because they supported me financially with my college. What about emotional support? What about the years of hurt?I hate how I reached a point where I am fearing any real commitment with a guy, because I am ashamed of my parents. They are successful business individuals, with companies of their own, but they do not make me act myself. I am always quite around them, I always fear judgement or false accusations. I don't feel they are part of me, so how will I tell my future partner about it? How will I feel comfortable introducing him to them?I hate how every weekend my father drinks too much and starts behaving like a kid.I hate being with them. I hate the fact that I have such parents. I can not wait till I travel, because I am living each and every day like being trapped in hell. (I am still here because I am waiting my travel documents to be processed.) I cry everyday. I pray day and night that the documents arrive quickly. I miss being with motivating people. Being alone, is better than being with the wrong people. All I want in life is good parents. Not people who let me down. Not people who make me feel like a burden. If you have parents who support you and motivate you, thank God each and everyday for such blessing. It sucks talking my personal problems on Quora, but sometimes it's too much for me to handle.