Originally Posted by
AlwaysAisle
There have been posts (more than one instances) at other FT forum about only one parent traveling with their kids not able to check-in and board an international flight due to not having a notarized consent letter from another parent of kids.
There are cases reported on FT that it is an airline which will refuse travel, does not have to have passport control at departing airport. Same as any other situations, if a passenger refused entry at a destination country then an airline which carried the passenger do get fined. Airlines do care because of this.
Looks as at this moment it is destination country dependent situation.
What I constantly hear is people talk about Canada Border Services giving people the gears on the return to Canada which is ridiculous...
I am usually a conservative person and I decided to get something specifically in case I had to fly home without my wife as I noted via ORD to YYZ with my child...
So my 2 cents, OP get something...I normally blow this off when I go to the US with my child but it is more on arrival to Japan that I have no idea about ....
but my situation is unique to some degree...