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Please does anyone know if I need a parental consent form for my daughter aged 16 to travel alone to the USA and if so where I can obtain a copy. I only seem to be able to find a form for a 14/15 year old. Thanks
Please does anyone know if I need a parental consent form for my daughter aged 16 to travel alone to the USA and if so where I can obtain a copy. I only seem to be able to find a form for a 14/15 year old. Thanks
You should check this with BA, but I don’t believe you need one for a 16 year old who can in fact be the accompanier of 14/15 year olds. You may well however, need a parental consent form (plus evidence of reason for trip etc) for immigration, the form of which you would need to check i.e. does it need to be notarised etc.
When my son was 16 he flew with us on a separate booking to BOS. We had no issues on the way out, but on our return he couldn’t check in online, and when we went to the BA desk at the airport they said they needed to check that a responsible adult was with him. I’ve no idea how common such checks are but teenagers do travel alone all the time so it couldn’t have been a new situation for the staff!
So as @JDB says, some sort of written authorisation might be advisable.
When my son was 16 he flew with us on a separate booking to BOS. We had no issues on the way out, but on our return he couldn’t check in online, and when we went to the BA desk at the airport they said they needed to check that a responsible adult was with him. I’ve no idea how common such checks are but teenagers do travel alone all the time so it couldn’t have been a new situation for the staff!
So as @JDB says, some sort of written authorisation might be advisable.
It’s not a question of a parental consent document being advisable it’s required by US immigration for a solo under 18 UK national (together with evidence of reason for travel etc) and it’s preferred that such document be notarised. BA may require to see this as well.
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