Travelling with children
The consent letter Global Affairs recommends when a child travels without both parents, and the passport forms that go with a child's trip.
A parent whose child is travelling with one parent, a relative, a school or a team. The consent letter is downloaded forty thousand times a month.
The consent letter
Not legally required, and border officers may ask for it anyway. Global Affairs publishes a recommended wording rather than a form you must file.
The child's passport
A child's passport is a separate application from an adult's and is valid for a shorter period, so it comes round more often than you expect.
If a child is studying in Canada
A minor studying in Canada without a parent needs a custodian declaration signed on both sides.
Worth knowing
We do not advise on custody, on what a border officer will accept, or on whether a letter needs to be notarised. Global Affairs publishes guidance alongside the letter and that is the place to read it.
Fill in the copy you have
Already downloaded it? Bring that file and we'll fill it in. It works the same for a form nobody publishes: a benefits enrolment, an employer's payroll form, anything with boxes in it.