Written travel authorisation for minor children on passport page
Written travel authorisation for minor children on passport page
The procedure to register a travel authorisation for a minor child in the passport depends on where one applies for the document (whether at the Consulate General of Brazil in London, or at the Federal Police in Brazil). Please choose the option below:
Written travel authorisation for minor children on passport page (issued by the Consulate)
The written travel authorisation for minor children on passport page, issued by the Consulate, can only be requested when applying for a new passport (when signing the consent for passport to minor children). Please click here for more information.
Written travel authorisation for minor children on passport page (issued by the Federal Police in Brazil)
To whom it applies
Brazilian minor children for whom the parent(s) or legal guardian(s), who is/are abroad, is/are applying for the passport in Brazil, at the Federal Police.
Who must apply for it
The Brazilian or foreign parent(s) or legal guardian(s) who is/are authorising the trip.
Document characteristics
It substitutes the travel authorisation issued by means of form, declaration or residence certificate, and shall have the same validity as the passport. Once registered in the passport, the authorisation can only be altered upon request of a new travel document for the child.
How to request it at the Federal Police in Brazil
According to the Federal Police website, with regards to the consent for passport to minor children, there are two ways to apply for a travel authorisation:
1. By means of a specific form: with signature authentication at the Consulate, authorising the other parent, who is in Brazil, to apply at the Federal Police for a passport for the minor child, which contains written authorisation for the child to travel abroad:
a. In the company of either parent (parental powers);
b. In the company of either parent or unaccompanied (broad powers).
2. By means of public power of attorney: drawn up at the Consulate, authorising a third party to apply for the minor child's passport on behalf of the parents who are abroad, containing the written authorisation for the child to travel abroad unaccompanied and/or in the company of either parent.
Please access the Federal Police website to obtain more detailed/updated instructions, as well as the form templates described on item 1.
If the parent giving authorisation is a foreigner, or a Brazilian national unable to be present at the Consulate his/her signature on the form must be previously authenticated by a British notary public, and subsequently apostillised by the FCO.
Service requested at the Consulate General
- Signature authentication in one of the forms described on item 1) above; or
- Issue of public power of attorney, as described on item 2) above (click here for more information)
If you have doubts, please read the FAQ
Passport application for minor children in Brazil
In case the minor child's passport application is done at the Federal Police in Brazil, and both or one of the parents / legal guardians are in the United Kingdom, the procedures below can be followed at the Consulate:
Processing of the Federal Police forms in advance by the Consulate
The Federal Police has three types of forms of consent for passport to minor children, which can include or not a travel authorisation, available on their website.
Read carefully the instructions on the Federal Police website and select the appropriate form in your case. Fill in and print the form. Only sign the form once you are at the Consulate before the consular agent.
Access e-consular system (https://ec-londres.itamaraty.gov.br/) in order to book an appointment for the service "Autorização para concessão de passaporte para menor no Brasil (ou em outros postos brasileiros no exterior)".
The required documents for the respective service, according the table (click here), must be submitted, in addition to the payment for the service.
The Consulate would like to point out that only signatures of Brazilian citizens or foreign citizens who hold a valid National Registry of Foreigners (RNE) card can be certified. Foreign citizens who do not hold a valid RNE must have their signatures certified by a British notary public. After this procedure, in order to be valid in Brazil, the form must be legalised by the FCDO - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
Authorisation, by means of power of attorney issued by the Consulate, for a third party to apply for the minor child's passport in Brazil
In case the minor child's passport application is done in Brazil by someone other than the child's parents / legal guardians, a specific power of attorney, granted by both parents / legal guardians, must be presented.
The power of attorney replaces the consent for passport to minor children and may include eventual travel authorisation.
Click here to learn how to request powers of attorney at the Consulate.