✈️ Travel internationally with your child — with the right paperwork.
If you and your co-parent are sending your child on an international trip — with one of you, with a grandparent, with a school or sports group, or as an unaccompanied minor — most countries (and U.S. Customs) expect a notarized consent letter from both parents.
This is the letter, professionally drafted and ready to fill out, sign, and notarize.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
✓ Editable Word document (.docx) — fill in your information on any computer
✓ Print-ready PDF — print, fill by hand, and take straight to a notary
✓ Step-by-step instructions and a notarization checklist
✓ Section for both parents' information (legal names, addresses, IDs)
✓ Section for your child's information (passport, DOB, citizenship)
✓ Section for the traveling adult — whether that's one of you, a grandparent, a relative, a friend, a chaperone, or a school/sports/religious group leader
✓ Detailed travel itinerary (dates, destinations, flights, accommodations)
✓ Statement of joint consent + medical authorization language
✓ Built-in notary acknowledgment block (jurat) — works in all 50 U.S. states
✓ A completed example showing what a finished letter looks like
✓ An attachments checklist (what to clip behind the letter for the border)
✓ FAQ covering apostille, translation, separate signing, and what to do if your co-parent refuses
WHO THIS IS FOR:
- Divorced and separated parents sharing joint legal custody
- Co-parents in any custody arrangement where both parents want to give written consent
- Grandparents taking grandkids abroad for the first time
- Aunts, uncles, family friends accompanying a child internationally
- Parents sending a child on a school exchange, sports tournament, or religious trip abroad
- Parents preparing a child to fly internationally as an unaccompanied minor
WHEN YOU NEED THIS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recommends a notarized consent letter for any international travel with a minor without both parents present. Mexico, Canada, most of Latin America, and several European Union countries either require or strongly expect one. Showing up without it can mean denied boarding or denied entry.
ALSO AVAILABLE — see my shop:
→ Sole Custody International Travel Letter (for parents with sole legal custody)
→ Unaccompanied Minor International Travel Letter (for kids flying alone with airline supervision)
→ Travel Consent Bundle (all three letters at a discount)
IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ:
This is an educational template, not legal advice. It is not a substitute for an attorney. Every family situation is different, every custody order is different, and every destination country has its own entry rules. Verify current requirements with the destination country's embassy and consult a licensed family-law attorney for case-specific advice. Digital products are non-refundable.
DELIVERY: Instant digital download. Two files (Word + PDF). US Letter size, formatted for easy printing on any home printer.
✈️ Travel internationally with your child — with the right paperwork.
If you and your co-parent are sending your child on an international trip — with one of you, with a grandparent, with a school or sports group, or as an unaccompanied minor — most countries (and U.S. Customs) expect a notarized consent letter from both parents.
This is the letter, professionally drafted and ready to fill out, sign, and notarize.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
✓ Editable Word document (.docx) — fill in your information on any computer
✓ Print-ready PDF — print, fill by hand, and take straight to a notary
✓ Step-by-step instructions and a notarization checklist
✓ Section for both parents' information (legal names, addresses, IDs)
✓ Section for your child's information (passport, DOB, citizenship)
✓ Section for the traveling adult — whether that's one of you, a grandparent, a relative, a friend, a chaperone, or a school/sports/religious group leader
✓ Detailed travel itinerary (dates, destinations, flights, accommodations)
✓ Statement of joint consent + medical authorization language
✓ Built-in notary acknowledgment block (jurat) — works in all 50 U.S. states
✓ A completed example showing what a finished letter looks like
✓ An attachments checklist (what to clip behind the letter for the border)
✓ FAQ covering apostille, translation, separate signing, and what to do if your co-parent refuses
WHO THIS IS FOR:
- Divorced and separated parents sharing joint legal custody
- Co-parents in any custody arrangement where both parents want to give written consent
- Grandparents taking grandkids abroad for the first time
- Aunts, uncles, family friends accompanying a child internationally
- Parents sending a child on a school exchange, sports tournament, or religious trip abroad
- Parents preparing a child to fly internationally as an unaccompanied minor
WHEN YOU NEED THIS:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recommends a notarized consent letter for any international travel with a minor without both parents present. Mexico, Canada, most of Latin America, and several European Union countries either require or strongly expect one. Showing up without it can mean denied boarding or denied entry.
ALSO AVAILABLE — see my shop:
→ Sole Custody International Travel Letter (for parents with sole legal custody)
→ Unaccompanied Minor International Travel Letter (for kids flying alone with airline supervision)
→ Travel Consent Bundle (all three letters at a discount)
IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ:
This is an educational template, not legal advice. It is not a substitute for an attorney. Every family situation is different, every custody order is different, and every destination country has its own entry rules. Verify current requirements with the destination country's embassy and consult a licensed family-law attorney for case-specific advice. Digital products are non-refundable.
DELIVERY: Instant digital download. Two files (Word + PDF). US Letter size, formatted for easy printing on any home printer.
