There may be times when you need to provide a travel consent letter in order to allow a minor to travel to another country with someone other than a parent. These letters are fairly standard, and templates can be found online if you need one. Without a letter like this, airlines can refuse to take the child – they need your permission, in other words. The person travelling with the child could be a grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, perhaps a family friend who you have named as guardian in the will made by IWC Probate Services. Who it is doesn’t matter as long as you have given your express written permission for them to travel.
The letter will need to include the dates of travel, the names of all those travelling (including the child), your name, the country (or countries) that they are travelling to, passport numbers, and the date they are expected to return. In fact, put as much information as possible into the letter so that the airline has no cause to delay any travelling, or refuse to take them at all.
This letter will need to be signed and dated by you, and also notarised. If there are two parents giving permission, they must both sign.
Then the letter should be apostilled. It is a legal document, and to make it all above board and entirely right, having it apostilled means that there is no chance that it won’t be accepted. If the apostille is done incorrectly, they won’t be able to travel and this will cause you delays and additional costs, not to mention disappointed travellers who would have been looking forward to a holiday.
Remember not to leave this until close to the departure time. It can be a lengthy process to have something apostilled (although we will work as quickly as possible for you), and you need to leave enough time to ensure it is done ready for the trip.
