Travel back home for expats - what's typical?

[penguinsix]

Canada is one of the strictest places about those letters, from what I've read on frequent flyer airline message boards. With other countries it is "hit or miss"--some do, some don't, but the general advice is to have such a letter, especially for trips to Europe and North America.

 

[Flack]

Notarised letters are not necessary if you are traveling to Australia on Australian passports as permission for solo travel is implied by both parents signing the passport application. To stop a parent traveling alone a court order is needed. This is not the case for other countries such as Canada.

 

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