Taking a non-related/friend's child - requirements?

[zippy99]

We will be taking my daughters best friend with us to Florida this August. She will be 17 (18 in November)

Is there anything I need to know or do? Anyone with experience of this - and what happens at immigration, we normally have one form for our family - I presume she will need her own one?

Would appreciate some insight

 

[disney2014plan]

The immigration form asks that one be filled out per family unit,I believe.

 

[wayneg]

A recent thread here with similar question http://www.disboards.com/threads/taking-nephew-letter-required.3367225/#post-52870519

 

[Mrs Doubtfire]

That's what I wanted to post Wayne but didn't know how to Good job you're around!

 

[NatalieMT]

When we went with children that weren't ours who were under 18 we took parental letters naming them as being with us, what dates and where we were going just to be on the safe side, I think they were handwritten too rather than typed. No one actually asked to look at them from memory but felt happier having them than not.

We all went to immigration together/queued together but then actually went through separately with our own forms, even though they were 15/16. It was all fine, didn't have any issues!

 

[zippy99]

We all went to immigration together/queued together but then actually went through separately with our own forms, even though they were 15/16. It was all fine, didn't have any issues!

Perfect - that is exactly what I wanted to check on - Immigration and whether to all go up together.

Many thanks

 

[NatalieMT]

We just waited the other side of immigration for everyone to come through then grouped back up again - like I said we had no problems at all and this was multiple children not just 1 (sports related visit!). But yes we queued together however did not go up together.