Family Travel Forum

Required Documents For Travel With Minors

Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:48:00 +0500

Learn why Solo Parents, Grandparents and Guardians have legal requirements before crossing international borders and get Permission to Travel forms here.

anonymous

Thu, 29 May 2008 19:36:04 +0500

I've made two requests for permission travel letters and have not received an email. I have a mac...is that a problem?

anonymous

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:59:30 +0500

I was able to get the docs, cancel the request. If all else fails, read the directions, right? Thanks

Chua

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:07:39 +0500

That sounds too strict for travel lovers.

sue

Thu, 07 May 2009 00:18:03 +0500

Parents are splitting with kids right and left, something needs to be done. Children without passports are fairly protected but once the passport is issued there doesn't seem to be a procedure in place for revoking that passport until such time it must be renewed and even then I'm not sure it can be revoked. In some ways this policy is good and the right thing to do, but, it could also be a way for a controlling ex to make somebody's life miserable. As clogged as the courts are these days it can take months to get a hearing for a judge to order than the child can leave the country...so the moral is, if the ex is going to be a butt about it you better start planning about a year ahead of time and make sure whatever order you get has the required information contained in it or the airline/shipping line etc. may just refuse to honor it. Kids need to be protected, especially from middle eastern fathers/mothers that take the kids to non-hague countries. It's a very nasty situation and it's heartening to see this done but it can be a dual edged sword and may cause a lot of problems no one thought about.

Eura

Thu, 14 May 2009 15:03:58 +0500

I am having a problem getting a passport for my infant. We are currently in court - I only have temporary custody so far and his father refuses to sign the application for my son to get a passport. His father is from the middle east and had threatened to take the baby. I want to go to my sister's wedding in August in Trinidad and I don't know what to do. My lawyer is unsure if he will be able to succeed in getting a court order demanding that the father signs the document. Does anyone have any information regarding my problem. Thanks.

david dyer

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:24:58 +0500

looking for single parent or one-parent authorization form letter

todobigo

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:29:59 +0500

Hi David,
This same document "Permission to Travel Letter" is good whether a minor under 18 years is traveling with one birth parent or none. Just adjust the information you provide in it.

thanks, let us know if you have problems!

Derek Slater

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:34:26 +0500

I do not have legal custody of my soon to be step-daughters and their mother needs me to take them with me to Alaska (I am staioned up there) before she can head up there herself. she has to stay behind for another week to finish selling the house. What legal documentation am I going to need for them to fly with me to Alaska?

SameProb

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:03:54 +0500

Same problem -- if you go thru the hassle of requesting these via the email link, you get sent to a page that isn't working. Don't bother trying to get them!!!

Kyle, FTF Editor

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:04:52 +0500

Hi Derek,
Although there are regulations about transporting minors between some U.S. states (and they vary), our members have never reported a problem with this. It's mainly an issue transporting minors over national borders.

In any case, we subscribe to the "Better safe than sorry" school of travel. Therefore, why not ask the girls' mother to fill out the Permission to Travel letter with her contact info, and give you a copy of the girls' birth certificates to verify the Mom's identity, so that you have some paperwork with you.

While traveling, it sounds like you may be able to reach her by phone in case there's any trouble at the airport, but we don't anticipate there would be.

Let us know if you have any other questions and safe move -