Javea Grapevine Issue No. 171 - 2014 | Page 18

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Minors
Travelling out
of Spain without
their parents or
legal guardians

Any child resident in
Spain, under the age of
18, who is travelling out of
Spain without a parent or
legal guardian needs an
AUTORIZACIÓN PARA
SALIDA DE MENORES
AL EXTRANJERO.

Admittedly many many non-Spanish
( & Spanish) children will have left
the country without one of these, but
airport security can, & often does,
ask to see this permission form, and
can prevent the child from travelling if
they don’t have it.
Not every child will be asked to show
the form, but in my opinion, since
it’s a simple procedure & also free,
better safe than sorry!
The AUTORIZACIÓN PARA SALIDA
DE MENORES AL EXTRANJERO
is valid for 30 days, so you need to
arrange it less than 30 days before
the child leaves. It will have the date
of travel & date of return on it.

by Lynn Cobb

The AUTORIZACIÓN PARA SALIDA
DE MENORES AL EXTRANJERO is
available from the Guardia Civil. You
need to take the passports of the child
& the parents - both parents need
to sign the authorisation. If there is
only one parent, you have to prove
that, either with the death certificate
of a parent who has died, or official
documentation that the lone parent is
the legal guardian.

This documentation might have to be
‘officially translated’, so it might be
worth checking with the Guardia in
advance to see if this is the case.
If the adult with whom they are
travelling is available to go to the
Guardia, that helps, but it isn’t
essential because the forms are
available to download & print for
completion at home – so even if one
parent or the accompanying adult
isn’t in Spain at the time of application,
the forms can be completed & sent to
Spain, or even scanned & e-mailed.
Photocopies of passports are also
required, though some Guardia
offices will make the photocopies for
you.
The form is available at the Guardia
office, but here it is for download.
h t t p s : / / w w w. g u a r d i a c i v i l . e s /
documentos/pdfs/autorizacion_
menor_extranjero/formulario_
autori zaci on_sal i da_menores_
extranjero_V2.pdf
© Lynn Cobb 2014