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Do children need a passport?

International Travel. Regardless of age, all children need a valid passport for air travel to another country. The application process for children under the age of 16 needs to be completed in person. To fill out this application, at least one parents needs to appear.



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Newborn babies and children up to the age of 16 years of age who are not included on a valid 10-year passport issued before 5 October 1998 are required to hold their own passport if they are to travel abroad.

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For Round Trip cruises from the U.S. that DO NOT include Panama or Colombia, U.S. citizens 17 and under will be able to present either an original, notarized or certified copy of their birth certificate, or a Consular Report of Birth Abroad issues by DOS AND a valid Government Issued ID.

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Every US citizen, regardless of age, must have a passport to travel abroad. Newborn babies, infants, and toddlers all need a passport to leave and enter another country. Just as if an adult was applying for a passport, babies must have Form DS-11 filled out and submitted.

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From birth, your baby will need a passport for any trip where you leave the UK. Their passport is valid for five years, so it's worth bearing in mind whether any older siblings might need a renewal soon too .

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Children under the age of 16 do not need to show identification when travelling on domestic flights. The adult they are travelling with must travel with photographic identification and be able to confirm their identity.

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Traveling internationally with a birth certificate U.S. Infants and children will need to have a passport to leave the United States, even if they are only a few weeks old. This is because every US citizen, regardless of age, is required to have a valid passport when traveling outside the United States.

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For sailings departing from U.S. homeports, an official US state-issued Birth Certificate is also accepted.

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Original U.S. State Certified Birth Certificate or a certified copy; or an original Consular Birth Abroad Certificate from the U.S. State Department. Read more about birth certificate requirements. Guests age 15 and under are NOT required to have a photo ID, just the birth certificate.

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Under the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, for the purposes of determining the obligations under the convention, a birth on a ship or aircraft in international waters or airspace shall be treated as a birth in the country of the ship or aircraft's registration.

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Parents of minor children (under 18 years old) must carefully document legal custody prior to traveling. If a minor child is traveling with only one parent, the absent parent should provide a notarized letter of consent.

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