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 should you do?
- Check the Marechaussee | Traveling with Children website to see if you need permission from the other parent, for example.
- If you need permission, fill out the Permission to Travel Abroad with Minor form .
- Sign the form with the other parent (custodian).
- If you are traveling with more than one child, 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 not traveling with the child. We recommend bringing these documents with you:
- Completed and signed consent form for travel abroad with minor.
- A copy passport or ID card of the parent not traveling with you.
- A recent extract from the child's Basic Registration of Persons (BRP) showing parent and custody information.
Instead of a BRP extract, a birth certificate (international or otherwise) may be included.
You have sole parental authority
Do you have sole parental authority (sole custody) 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 the age of 18 and is traveling abroad with another adult, permission is required from the custodial parent(s). For example, a vacation with a grandfather, grandmother 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 to travel with minor children? Then sometimes an international extract from the BRP is also required. This extract cannot be requested through the Family Register, but must be requested online from the municipality. Please use the form:
Permission to travel abroad with minor
Then you must add the international BRP extract to the consent form for travel with minors.