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Peanut · 08-21-2013, 10:47 AM

I'm divorced and deal with this frequently travelling with my daughter. My understanding is:

Commisioner of Oaths is suitable for inter-provincial/within Canada travel.
Notarizied is required for International travel.

You can look it up on the government of canada website and I believe they have some guidelines as well as draft letters you can use and just fill in the blanks.

As a side note, no customs official, airline employee, or border guard has ever asked to see these letters when I'm travelling with my daughter and we do have different last names. I'd never recommend trying to travel without one though, just because the consequences could be pretty serious for your flight/vacation plans.

08-21-2013, 10:47 AM	#19
Peanut First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fantasy Island Exp:	I'm divorced and deal with this frequently travelling with my daughter. My understanding is: Commisioner of Oaths is suitable for inter-provincial/within Canada travel. Notarizied is required for International travel. You can look it up on the government of canada website and I believe they have some guidelines as well as draft letters you can use and just fill in the blanks. As a side note, no customs official, airline employee, or border guard has ever asked to see these letters when I'm travelling with my daughter and we do have different last names. I'd never recommend trying to travel without one though, just because the consequences could be pretty serious for your flight/vacation plans. Last edited by Peanut; 08-21-2013 at 10:49 AM.