daveo4ua

A few questions that I am hoping that the group can help me with.

1. Does a 10 month old need a passport to travel to Canada. Flying from BHM to YYZ in August.

2. Does he need his own seat or can he be an infant in arms without his own boarding pass?

obscure2k

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jrkmsp

1) Passport book or passport card required.

2) Infant in arms is fine, but you will probably have to pay a partial fare for it. On other international flights, it's usually 10% of the adult fare — I'm not sure Canada is exactly the same though.

Big4Flyer

If flying, only a passport book is acceptable. If crossing by land or sea into Canada, then a birth certificate is acceptable as long as the infant is traveling with both parents listed on the birth certificate, unless a single parent has a notarized letter from the absent parent noting that they're ok with it. The airline won't let you board a flight into Canada unless your infant has a passport book.

GUWonder

Passport card is not allowed for flying from the US to Canada. The US refuses to allow it to be used to fly out of the US.

Canada accepts US passport cards on arrival, but that is by surface transport. By air into Canada, Canada may or may not accept US passport cards on arrival; but they've refused to accept mine at Candian airports of entry while allowing me in using other evidence of identity and US citizenship.

BRAISKI

EDITED: Thought it was BHX UK but it was actually BHM US.

Left what was relevant.

Also note to make travel easier if you're travelling alone without the other parent, it helps to have a consent letter. Its good to have, you'd rather have it than not need it and need it than not have it. This is a form for a Canadian child. My daughter's mom was asked about this and the immigration agent was surprised that she had it, the agent mentioned a lot of parents travelling alone are not prepared, though one thing the agent commented is that it would be good to have a copy of the other parents signature just to verify it. So then I gave a copy of my passport to show it. Just add to the other documents that needs to be carried.

https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/children/consent-letter

wrp96

The ETA isn't required of US citizens.

BRAISKI

True but "assuming" OP is either a UK/EU or Canadian citizen.

wrp96

Well, considering the OP is inquiring about flying from a US airport to Canada, there is a possibility the OP or the baby is a US citizen. If they are a US citizen telling them that they if they aren't Canadian they have to get the ETA is bad advice. Even if they aren't a US citizen, if somebody else reads this thread and is a US citizen, then they need to know that.

BRAISKI

Oh wow I stand corrected BHM vs BHX! Thought it was Birmingham UK!

wrp96

I had to check it twice to make sure I was getting the correct country myself.

BRAISKI

As a Canadian with basic US Geography, didn't know there was a Birmingham in the US let alone with an Airport PLUS with a single letter difference for the airport code for a different country! Learnt something new today!

YZF_Elite

If it's a US-Canada fare there should be no charge for the infant other than perhaps the taxes/fees depending on the airline. I recall traveling many times with my infants to the US from Canada on reward fares and paying some fees, not sure if all airlines apply that equally.

As noted above, you will need documents, a birth certificate like in the old days is no longer sufficient.

Often1

This has been confused although OP did the right thing by using the IATA code for the home airport !

BHM is Birmingham, AL, USA. Presuming that OP is a USN and that the infant is OP's and also a USN, both OP and the child require are US Passport books.

It is incorrect to state that passport cards are acceptable. They are not acceptable for travel by air from the US under any circumstances.

No ETA, visa, or other documents required under above circumstances.

As to infant tickets, rather than blanket statements with no air carrier details, OP ought to check the specific air carrier website. Each carrier publishes the specific details for its infant travel ticket which in no circumstance exceeds 10% of the adult fare. But, again, check the website.