Traveling with children
If you are traveling abroad with your child, your child will need his or her own passport or identity card. In addition, you may need permission from the other parent if you wish to travel alone with your minor child.
What to do?
- Check the website of the Marechaussee | Travelling with children whether you need permission from, for example, the other parent.
- If you need permission, please complete the form for permission to travel abroad with a minor in.
- Sign the form together with the other parent (guardian).
- If you are traveling with multiple children, please complete a consent form for each child.
You have joint custody, but travel alone
Is one parent traveling alone with the child and there is joint custody? Then permission is required from the parent who is not traveling. We advise you to take these documents with you:
- Completed and signed consent form for traveling abroad with a minor.
- A copy from the passport or ID card of the parent who is not traveling with you.
- A recent extract from the Personal Records Database (BRP) of the child containing the parental and guardianship details.
Instead of a BRP extract, an (international) birth certificate can also be taken along.
You have sole parental authority
Do you as a parent have sole parental authority (single-headed) and do you want to travel with your child? Then you must be able to prove that you have parental authority. More information about which documents you need can be found on the website of the International Child Abduction Center .
Your child is traveling with another adult
If your child is under 18 and is travelling abroad with another adult, permission from the parent(s) with parental authority is required. For example, a holiday with a grandpa, grandma or the parents of a friend. You can arrange this with the form permission to travel abroad with a minor .
Extract of parental authority
Do you need an extract showing parental authority? You can request this extract from the Register of Custody.
International BRP extract?
Do you need the extract for travelling with minor children? Then sometimes an international BRP extract is also requested. You cannot request this extract via the Authority Register, but you must request it online from the municipality. Use the form for this:
Consent to travel abroad with a minor
You must then add the international BRP extract to the consent form for travelling with minors.