When traveling with children, it is important to remember that, according to the laws of all countries, they have a special status. From a legal point of view, many decisions for a child are obliged to be made by his parents, therefore the list of documents is partly due to this, and partly because it is important abroad to be able to easily identify the identity of a minor, even in the absence of a passport.
Instructions
Step 1
Identification. In this capacity, one of several documents can be used: the child's own foreign passport, a birth certificate and a foreign passport of one of the parents. The preferred option for any situation is the child's own passport. Some countries do not consider visa applications for children inscribed on parents' passports, requiring each child, even a baby, to have their own passport. There are no problems with obtaining it: this document can be issued for a child of absolutely any age, there is no minimum threshold. If you plan to travel frequently with your child, be sure to take care of making him his own passport.
Step 2
A valid option as an identity card is a birth certificate, complete with the passport of one of the parents, where the minor is entered. In this case, sometimes a translation of the certificate into the language of the country of the world where you are going is required. It may be necessary to notarize the accuracy of the translation of the document. The birth certificate must contain an insert about the citizenship of the child, if it was issued before 2007. If a child travels without parents, then he will not be able to leave according to the birth certificate.
Step 3
Notarized consent for departure from parents. If the child is traveling without parents, then consent from both parents must be provided. If he is traveling with one of them, then consent will be required from the second parent who remains at home. Some countries require that both parents have consent to leave, even if the entire family is leaving, since if the people later split up, from a legal point of view, the child's travel would be approved by the parents. This is called cross-agreement.
Step 4
Visa to the country of destination. A visa can be obtained by a child in his own foreign passport or in a birth certificate. Sometimes, if the child is entered in the parents' passport, he does not need his own visa, he travels on the parent's visa.
Step 5
Parents' marriage certificate. This document may be required to prove that both parents are married and the child is their legal child. If the mother or father is a single person or a widow / widower, then this must also be documented. In this case, the document usually needs a notarized translation.
