What documents does a grandparent need to fly to Egypt with a grandchild without the parents?

About the birth certificate (August 2026): a mother travelling with her children wrote that you need it in two cases. If the child has no passport of their own and is listed in an adult's passport, bring the original certificate (the back side matters too). And if the child has their own passport, the certificate still proves the relationship — even a shared surname does not show you are the mother rather than, say, an aunt; she was asked for it for her 17-year-old.

One participant's view from June 2026: in their opinion, a border officer is not really entitled to demand a copy of the parents' passports, citing Russian personal data law; they had never heard of such requests at the border before. This is a personal opinion, not the border service's position — it is safer to carry copies than to argue at passport control.

A grandmother who flies to Egypt with her grandson twice a year described her set in June 2026: a notarized general power of attorney for the child, which already contains the parents' passport details and their consent to travel abroad with the grandparent; the original birth certificate — a must; and the child's passport. In her words, all of this is checked by Russian border control, nobody looks at the documents in Egypt, and she was never asked for the parents' passports.

Another traveler confirmed the same set in June 2026: the birth certificate, the child's passport and the parents' notarized consent for the child to travel abroad. She always takes the birth certificate, she said, although she has never had to show it; she was never asked for copies of the parents' passports.

The opposite experience (June 2026): a grandmother travelling with her grandson said that, besides the consent, border officers asked her for a copy of a parent's passport. She had earlier wondered where she would even get such a copy — so the request came as a surprise.

Similar stories were relayed from other discussions (June 2026): a grandmother was asked at border control specifically for copies of the parents' passports, and travelers were advised to bring them. A grandmother preparing for her trip decided to play it safe and take copies of the parents' passports just in case.