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Travel Consent Letter Generator

Add the child, accompanying adult, trip, contact, and permission details, then print or copy a clean letter for review and signature.

Reviewed August 30, 2026

This tool creates a general draft, not legal advice or a universal government form. Check your current parenting order and every destination, transit-country, carrier, and border requirement before relying on the letter.

Do not enter passport numbers or other details you do not want visible in the printed letter. The tool does not save these answers.

Travel consent letter updated for the child.

CHILD TRAVEL CONSENT LETTER

Date prepared: ____________________________

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I, ____________________________, confirm that I am a parent, guardian, or person with decision-making responsibility for ____________________________, born ____________________________.

I give permission for the child or children named above to travel with ____________________________, who is their Parent, from ____________________________ through ____________________________.
Destination or destinations: ____________________________
Purpose of travel: Family trip
Transport or itinerary details: ____________________________
Accommodation and trip contact details: ____________________________
Accompanying adult contact details: ____________________________

If urgent medical care is reasonably necessary during this trip, I authorize the accompanying adult to seek that care when I cannot be reached promptly, subject to applicable law and provider requirements.

This permission applies only to the trip described above and does not change any parenting order, guardianship arrangement, or decision-making rights.

Consenting adult contact details: ____________________________

Signature of consenting adult: ____________________________
Printed name: ____________________________________________
Date signed: _____________________________________________

Witness or notary, if required or recommended:
Name and capacity: _______________________________________
Signature or seal: _______________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________

DRAFTING NOTE: Confirm the destination, transit-country, airline, cruise line, and court-order requirements before signing. Carry the original signed letter and any supporting documents required for the trip.

Before signing

Check the rules for the actual trip

Destination and carrier rules

A letter accepted for one route may not satisfy another country, airline, cruise line, or group-travel policy. Include transit stops when checking requirements.

Court orders still control

A signed letter does not override a parenting order, travel restriction, passport condition, or another person's decision-making rights.

Signatures and supporting records

Confirm who must sign, whether an original is needed, and whether a witness or notary is required. Carry any supporting relationship or authority documents requested for the route.

Safety and disputed travel

Do not use a template to work around missing permission or a safety concern. If consent is disputed or return is uncertain, seek jurisdiction-specific legal help before travel.

Read the supporting child travel consent letter guide for official examples and a document checklist.

Method and privacy

What the generator does and does not do

The generator arranges the answers into a trip-specific permission letter with contact, signature, and witness lines. It does not assess legal authority, verify identities, select a country-specific form, or decide whether notarization is necessary.

The fields are processed in the current browser. OnePage does not save the letter contents. Printing uses the browser's print dialog, where a user can print a paper copy or save a PDF locally.

The content was reviewed on August 30, 2026 against current guidance from the U.S. Department of State, the Government of Canada, and GOV.UK.

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