Letter of consent to take grandchild abroad

Take a letter, when DD was 15 a family friend took her for an amazing holiday to visit his family in Morroco, we thought at 15 no problems, but on advice of the airline got a Notarised letter done. He had to produce it at the airport both leaving here and arriving in Morroco and was asked twice in Hotels. His cousin is Chief of Police in Marrakesh and was with them on one occasion. Better safe than sorry.

Thanks both sods law says if I don't have it I'll be pulled up. Taking my yougest granddaughter to meet her newest cousin she is very excited .

I think that it is because there are so many parents with step families so the family names do not match up. Also divorced and alienated families where one parent absconds with the children are a growing problem. I have found no problem taking GCs (with a different surname )out of this country but returning with them they have been asked in a very child friendly manner who I was etc. I gather that Paris and Lille were routes used to import African children for strange practices to do with religion. I don't know if it is still a problem but a young woman with seven children seemed to be undergoing a lot of scrutiny at the Gare du Nord recently. I would have thought if you wanted to smuggle a child in it would be daft to draw so much attention to yourself by having seven.

I'm sure that will acceptable, that is if you are even asked for it, but better to be safe than sorry!

Have a great holiday!

Phoenix the website wouldn't let me copy the text but I managed to type it into a word document and printed it out and it looks fine to me... thanks.

Thanks phoenix I might do that instead..

tanith why don't you just copy the text, type it into a Word doc? I had a quick look at the advice section on the Gov. passport site, it doesn't say anything about the need for it being an "official" document, just that it should contain the relevant details and contact info etc.

Thanks Phoenix but thats the exact one I tried, I have researched online quite a bit and the general advice seems to be that you probably won't ever be asked for the letter of consent but its advisable to carry one wherever one is travelling to. I have found one that seems printable but its from an Canadian site and some of the wording is a bit off and the date keeps coming up as M/D/Y not sure if that would be acceptable.

Is this one any good?

www.lawdepot.co.uk/contracts/travel-consent-uk/?loc=GB&pid=googleppc-consnt_uk-ft_main_b2ft-s-ggkey_letters%20minors%20travel&s_kwcid=letters%20minors%20travel|643

Have you tried contacting the passport office for advice?