Any juvenile who receives permission from their parent or legal guardian to travel domestically or internationally with an individual, group, or organization can use a permission letter for child travel.
It is preferable if both parents sign the consent document, but one (1) is adequate. As a template for your permission letter, use our sample permission letter for a child to travel with a friend.
Sample Permission Letter For Child To Travel With Friend
[Name of the Child’s Parent or Parents or Legal Guardian]
[Address of the Child’s Parent or Parents or Legal Guardian]
[City, State, Zip Code]
To Whom It May Concern:
We, [PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN’S FULL NAME], are the lawful guardians of our son, [CHILD’S FULL NAME]. His date of birth is [DATE OF BIRTH], his passport number is [NUMBER] and it expires on [DATE].
Our son is traveling with [NAME OF FRIEND] to New York to attend a Broadway play with his high school drama class.
We give our permission for our son to travel to New York on [DATE] and return home to Charlottesville on [DATE]. If there are any questions regarding this consent we can be contacted at:
[FATHER’S NAME: phone number, email address]
[MOTHER’S NAME: phone number, email address]
[Parent’s address]
[City, State, Zip Code]
Thank you for your kind consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
[Signature of father]
[Printed full name of the father]
[Signature of mother]
[Printed full name of the mother]
Notarization is required if the child is traveling alone and in the care of airline staff