Paperwork for Taking Niece to Disney World

[Jax]

Hello,

I officially got the go ahead to take my niece to Disney World in March. Now I need to figure out what paperwork I require to take her across the border.

I believe that all I need is a signed letter from my sister and brother-in-law giving me permission to take my niece out of the country.

Does anyone know if my assumption is correct? Is a regular letter fine, or does anything special need to be done to it? Or do I need some other sort of paperwork.

TIA for your help!

 

[Terri.M]

They should photocopy their drivers license or passports on the permission letter. Having it notarized would even be better.

What a nice aunt you are!!

 

[lor]

HI,
We are taking my daughters best friend with us, so we had to find out also.. Heres the link to the government site with the consent form to be filled out,and yes you should have it notorized.

http://www.voyage.gc.ca/preparation_information/consent-letter_lettre-consentement-eng.asp

we are also going to take a copy of her birth cerificate( and she has a passport)

Hope this helps

Lauren

 

[calgarygary]

You could gamble that a regular letter that is not notarized will be fine and then not be allowed into the U.S. You could have a notarized consent form and never have to produce it. Which scenario works for you?

 

[Tantor]

I would get it notorized. Why take the chance?
Friends of ours went down to a Karate Tourney in Oct with us and were thankful they had a letter.(and this was with one parent and daughter) They not only asked for ithe note but grilled the daughter...........

 

[Jax]

I am definitely going to go with the notarized route.

Thanks for all the responses!

 

[Nora03]

We took our grandson last May. We were prepared for anything and had a notarized permission letter, his passport, all documentation that we could think of, insurance, etc.

At customs all they did was ask our seven-year-old grandson "who are these folks to you?" He said "they are my grandma and grandpa". They didn't ask to see anything and told us to have a great time at DisneyWorld.

However, I would be prepared for anything. Wouldn't want to have a glitch. I think it only cost about $25 to have a letter notarized.

Have a great time with your niece.

Nora