Notaron does not provide legal advice. Requirements vary by state and by the party receiving your document — consult an attorney for jurisdiction-specific guidance.
Notarize a Child Travel Consent Form Online
Border officers and airlines expect to see a notarized consent letter when a child travels without both parents. Upload the letter you already have — or use our free template — and sign it in front of a commissioned notary on video. Both parents can join from different cities. Usually done in about ten minutes, at any hour, which matters when the flight is tomorrow.
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Already have your consent letter?
Upload it and we notarize that document as it is — whether you wrote it yourself, an attorney drafted it, or the other parent sent it to you. Don't sign it in advance; the notary has to witness each signature.
How it works
Upload the consent letter
Your own wording, an airline's form, or a letter generated from our free template. A phone photo of a printed page works.
Verify identity
Each signing parent or guardian photographs their government-issued photo ID. Verification takes seconds.
Both parents sign, from wherever they are
The notary joins on video and witnesses each signature. Parents in different cities — or different countries — each join from their own device; nobody has to travel.
What you
need
- The consent letter, unsigned
- Government-issued photo ID for each signing parent or guardian
- The child's full legal name and date of birth
- The travelling companion's full name
- Destination and travel dates
- A device with a camera and microphone for each signer
- Passport details, if the destination country or airline asks for them
Related free templates
Still need to write the document? These are free to fill out and download.
Is a notarized letter actually required?
US law generally does not require one. But US Customs and Border Protection recommends that a child travelling internationally without both parents carry a signed consent letter, and a number of destination countries and individual airlines go further and will not accept one that has not been notarized. Because the cost of being turned away at the gate is a missed flight and a rebooked holiday, most families notarize it. Check the requirements for your specific destination and carrier — they, not US law, are usually what sets the bar.
Separated parents in different places — the case this is built for
The hardest version of this in person is two parents who are no longer together, live in different cities, and both need to sign in front of the same notary. Remotely it is straightforward: both join the same video session from their own devices, at a time that suits them both, and the notary witnesses each signature in turn. Neither parent travels, and neither has to be in the same room as the other.
What the letter should contain
At a minimum: the child's full legal name and date of birth, the name of the parent or guardian giving consent and their relationship to the child, the name of the adult the child is travelling with, the destination, and the dates of travel. Contact details for the consenting parent are worth adding — border officers sometimes call. If the child holds a passport from another country, include its details too.
One guardian, international travel
Travelling internationally with only one legal guardian consenting is a specific situation with its own paperwork — passport details, birthplace, and the consenting guardian's contact information all tend to be asked for. We have a dedicated template for exactly that case, linked below, alongside the general-purpose consent letter.
Questions
Does a child travel consent letter have to be notarized?
Both parents are in different states. Can we still do this?
Can I use a letter I already wrote?
Our flight is tomorrow. How fast is this?
Only one parent is available to sign. Is that a problem?
What does it cost if both parents sign?
Can a grandparent or the travelling companion be the one who signs?
Remote online notarization is authorized in most states, and a notarization performed under a state’s RON law is generally recognized in the others. Rules for a specific document and state are in our state-by-state RON law guides.
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