Do you need a child's birth certificate when crossing the UAE border with one parent?
Based on 1 discussion with 3 participants · Last activity: 13 days ago
TL;DR
Notarized consent from the other parent is no longer required, but it's still worth carrying the child's birth certificate — border officers sometimes ask for it, though in practice they often just question the child verbally instead.
What the community said
In practice, border officers rarely ask for the birth certificate — instead they question the child directly: who they're traveling with, their age, the parent's name, even if the parent is standing right there.
15 days ago
Only the requirement for a notarized consent letter from the other parent was dropped. The birth certificate is still formally required when crossing the border with a minor, since the child's passport doesn't list the accompanying adult's relationship to them.
15 days ago Birth certificate
The birth certificate is only relevant at land/air border crossings, and even then not always — for everything else (hotels, tours, etc.) the child's passport is sufficient identification.
16 days ago