{"id":9309,"date":"2024-09-03T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T15:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.usembassy.gov\/?p=9309"},"modified":"2025-09-03T21:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:00:35","slug":"ds-3053","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.usembassy.gov\/ds-3053\/","title":{"rendered":"DS-3053"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"ga-title stacking-slide dark-blue-section-background-color container-fluid internaltitle-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title alignwide internalpage container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"internal-title-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"internal-title-header\" class=\"internal-title-header medium\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDS-3053 \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n<section  class=\"ga-content-block stacking-slide white-section-background-color paragraphsection\">\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container meta-info-top\">\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"paragraph alignwide container\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p><ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>A scanned copy of DS-3053 will not be accepted unless there is an emergency need to travel \u2013 If one parent\/guardian\u00a0<b>cannot go with the child<\/b>\u00a0<b>to apply for the passport<\/b>, they can give permission by completing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/passports\/requirements\/forms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/passports\/requirements\/forms.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1581673173737000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEtoUdvruT_9jNtDgMHeQt9ucmPfw\">Form DS-3053 &#8220;Statement of Consent.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0You must submit the\u00a0<b>original completed consent form<\/b>\u00a0with the child\u2019s passport application. The parent that cannot go with the child, also known as the non-applying parent, must:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Fill out Form DS-3053 Sections 1-4, including minor\u2019s name, minor\u2019s date of birth, authorization validity for passport book and\/or card, and statement of consent,<\/li>\n<li>Appear\u00a0<b><u>in person<\/u><\/b>\u00a0before a certified notary public,<\/li>\n<li>Sign and date Form DS-3053\u00a0only when instructed to do so by the certified notary public,<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the notary public completes the entirety of Section 5 for the Statement of Consent Notarization, and<\/li>\n<li>Submit a clear photocopy of the front and back side of the same valid government-issued ID that they present to the notary public with Form DS-3053.<\/li>\n<li>Note that DS-3053 is valid for only ninety days from the time of notarization.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><b>Please note<\/b>: U.S. embassies and consulates provide notarial services, and the Form DS-3053 Statement of Consent can be notarized free of charge at those locations. In certain countries, a DS-3053 must be notarized at a U.S. embassy or consulate and cannot be notarized by a local notary public. Currently, these countries are Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan,\u00a0 Syria, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen.<\/li>\n<li>The consular officer reserves the right to require additional evidence if the consent is notarized by a non-U.S. notary public.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>If you are the\u00a0<b>applying<\/b>\u00a0parent or guardian and the written\u00a0<b>consent<\/b>\u00a0of the\u00a0<b>non-applying<\/b>\u00a0parent or guardian or sole custody\u00a0<b>cannot be obtained<\/b>\u00a0in a timely manner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eforms.state.gov\/Forms\/ds5525.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/eforms.state.gov\/Forms\/ds5525.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1581673173737000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHEDWggQdyiGRYI5Wf6f11wqi6ktw\">complete item 4a-5 on the DS-5525 \u201cStatement of Exigent\/Special Family Circumstances\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(PDF). The statement must explain in detail the non-applying parent\u2019s or guardian\u2019s unavailability and recent efforts made to contact the non-applying parent. You may also be required to provide evidence (e.g., custody order, incarceration order, restraining order) to document your claim of exigent or special circumstances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1913,"featured_media":6994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gpalab_slo_mission_select":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"locations_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-9309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-citizen-services"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.1 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>DS-3053 - U.S. Embassy &amp; Consulates in India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/in.usembassy.gov\/ds-3053\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DS-3053\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/in.usembassy.gov\/ds-3053\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"U.S. Embassy &amp; 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