Consent to travel

[Bobbylea]

Just wondering if my son and I, both US citizens, want to travel from Thailand to US without mother with us, do I need to have consent letter? Seems like we wouldn't have to since we're both US citizens going to US.

[BritTim]

Should be no problem.

[UKresonant]

I normally get mum to scribe a note of permission on a copy of the booking detail, with her contact details.

I always carry a copy of his birth certificate, (as suggested by Thai immigration, when I casually asked them on the way through a couple of years ago), in Thai and English.

You should check with your airline, well in advance, in case they have any questions, I have the son registered on a couple of airlines systems as a family co-traveller, with mum as emergency contact on the booking.

My son being dual national made "online check-in" impossible, as both passports had to be shown  at check-in.  Thai passport until through BKK immigration, then UK passport the rest of the trip. Both passports shown at checking-in for return, log out of e-borders using the UK passport, then the Thai passport for the remainder of the return trip.

Does he have dual nationality? if so, saves doing a TM6.

[sirineou]

You might not need to produce it but , 

You certainly would need to have a consent letter otherwise how would the authorities know if you have the mother's consent to take her son out f the country? The fact that you are both US citizens is irrelevant. US citizens who are minors are not exempt from both parental consent. Both me and my daughter are US citizens but when ever we traveled out of the country, until she came of age, I always had a consent letter with me. Just in case. why chance it?

[gimo]

     I took my 7 year old son to Sydney last march without his Thai mother . She was told that we definitely needed a note of consent . So we got one in Ubon which was the nearest place to obtain one , and had it translated into english . I also notified Emirates air and they told me to inform the check in staff at swampy . . My son has 2 passports and is a Thai citizen with all the local village paperwork . The note was indeed required at immigration at the airport . The IO immediately took us aside and called an older official looking women who  ignored me , and after reading the note of permission , asked my son several questions in Thai . After being satisfied with his answers we were allowed through .

               On arrival in Sydney we went through the automatic passport set up and at no stage spoke to a human being .