Taking another child to France

[MissusPongo]

I'm taking one of DS's friends on holiday with us in a few weeks. We're travelling to France on Eurotunnel.

The friend is 13. Do I need anything other than his passport to get through passport control, eg written permission from his parents?

You will need a letter from the child’s parents to confirm that the child can travel with you. Apparently there is a template online but we went DIY using advice from friends who work for Border Force and sent our son with photocopies of our passports and a note to say where he was going, who he was travelling with, his flight details and our contact details.

We were asked about DDs' cousin when we took her on hols with us, because she had a different surname, and probably because she's a skinny dark headed girl and we are all blonde!
We had a letter signed by both parents.
This was at Dover ferry terminal. In and out.

Thank you!

When DD was very kindly invited on an overseas holiday with a friend we made sure she had her own travel insurance policy that covered medical expenses, loss of belongings etc. as well as providing a letter giving our permission to take her.

Check the covid requirements as I had to complete a form to take my 15yr old to Spain and do an antigen test 24hr before travel. There are no requirements to come back to the uk. He has only had one vaccination so far hence the need

Hi! Those of you that have provided / taken letters of consent - did you just sign them or did you have your signature witnessed by a professional person / solicitor?

Just trying to work out exactly what I need as the guidance online isn't clear!

If you photocopy the passport then write and sign the letter of consent on that then it should be obvious that the signature is the same so no need for a witness.

When we’ve done it we had a letter from the parents but it wasn’t witnessed
i think they did it using a template they found online