Travel Consent for Your Child's Trip

iRegs and More LLC is a California State-Licensed business with an on-site bilingual Notary. We're one of the few in Sacramento that bundles the entire process:

  We provide the template, notarize it, and handle the apostille . Bring your destination country's specific form if you have one — we'll use that instead. 

 Our Notary verifies your ID, witnesses your signature, and seals the document. Same-day, walk-in welcome. Bilingual front-to-back. 

 For trips to Mexico, Spain, most of Europe, and other Hague Convention countries, the document also needs an apostille — a separate certification issued by the California Secretary of State.

Most providers tell you to "mail it in" (2-week turnaround). We walk it over and pick up the apostille same-day or next-day.

No second appointment. No back-and-forth. No two-week wait.

Common situations where a notarized travel consent form is required:

✅ One parent traveling with the child — many airlines and most foreign countries require the absent parent's notarized consent

✅ Grandparents or relatives traveling without parents — virtually every international trip requires it

✅ Divorced or separated parents — custody decrees often require this for travel outside the state

✅ International cruises — most cruise lines departing US ports require it for unaccompanied minors

✅ Travel to Mexico — Mexican immigration regularly requires notarized parental authorization (and often an apostille)

✅ Travel to Hague Convention countries — requires both notarization AND apostille

Not sure if you need one? Call (916) 236-8591 — we'll tell you in 60 seconds based on your destination and who's traveling.

• Your photo ID (driver's license, passport, or state ID)

• The child's full legal name + date of birth

• Travel dates + destination

• The child's birth certificate (or a copy)

• The travel itinerary (flights, hotels, dates)

• The other parent's contact info if they need to sign separately

• The destination country's specific consent form if it provided one

• Knowing the destination country lets us confirm whether an apostille is needed and whether your destination is a Hague Convention country

Don't have everything? Come anyway. We handle missing-paperwork cases every week.

An apostille is a certification issued by a state government (in California, the Secretary of State) that authenticates a notarized document for use in another country.

The 122 countries that have signed the Hague Apostille Convention — Mexico, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, most of South America, etc. — require an apostille to legally accept a US-notarized travel consent form.

Most Notary services notarize and stop there. You then have to:

• Mail the document to the Secretary of State (4-business-day wait)

• Pay the state fee

• Wait for the document to return by mail (another 2-7 days)

• Hope it doesn't arrive after your trip

We walk your document to the California Secretary of State office in Sacramento and pick up the apostille in person. Same-day or next-day. You're not gambling with the mail.

Travel-consent clients come from across the region — Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, North Highlands, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Folsom, Elk Grove, Davis, Woodland, Yuba City, and Stockton.

We're also a popular stop for traveling families from the Bay Area when peak summer demand backs up Bay Area Notaries.