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Unaccompanied Minors (UMNR)

Information of Interest

Domestic Travel

  • Only unaccompanied minors between the ages of 7 and 18 are allowed. unfulfilled years, they must have authorization from their legal representative.
  • They cannot travel on domestic flights after 18:00 hrs.
  • Request the respective confirmation of the service in the reservation through an SR (service request). special service) and must be issued as an adult passenger.
  • The representative of the unaccompanied minor must carry out the necessary procedures for the check-in and boarding of the minor.
  • It is mandatory for the passenger to present original and copy of each document.
  • They must inform you at the time of processing the reservation: Last name, First name, Document Identity, Telephone Contact and Address of the person who will take you to the airport and who will take you receive.
  • A minor cannot be the guardian of another minor, unless it is proven that he is the parent or guardian legal.
  • Minors traveling unaccompanied and young travelers who are undergoing medical treatment or who have any special medical condition, they will not be accepted unless they present a document doctor who authorizes the minor's travel without the company of a responsible adult.
  • They can only travel on direct flights, that is, on flights where they do not have to change from a plane. to another.

NOTE: In Cessna Caravan equipment, only one (1) minor will be allowed traveling alone because there is no cabin crew, in ATR-42 equipment, two minors will be allowed 2 traveling alone, in Embraer (E-190) 3 minors, Airbus (340-200) 08 minors and in the Airbus (340-600) 10 minors.

For all National and International reservations, where the service of an unaccompanied minor is requested, must inform the client that it is mandatory for the representative to be present at the airport upon arrival, (from the moment the minor's check-up begins, in his place of origin) this measure is necessary for safety and prevention reasons.

Children and adolescents do not require authorization to travel in the following cases:

  • When the trip is within the national territory and they travel accompanied by both, or only one of their fathers or mothers.
  • When the trip is within the national territory and they travel accompanied by their legal representative; Legal representative is understood to be the person or persons who hold the legal representation of a boy, girl and adolescent, through a sentence handed down by a Court of the Republic, where grants the representative the express power to represent the child or adolescent whose discuss your right to free movement.
  • When the trip is within the national territory and they travel accompanied by their guardian; if guardian is understood to mean the person who is designated as guardian by court ruling, in the event of the physical absence (death) of both parents or of the father or mother who was the only parentage established.
  • When the trip is outside the national territory and they travel accompanied by their father and mother.
  • When the trip is outside the national territory and they travel accompanied by the father or mother who exclusively exercises parental authority, if the filiation has been established only with respect to him or she.
  • When the trip is outside the national territory and they travel accompanied by the father or mother who unilaterally exercises parental authority on the occasion of the extinction, deprivation or suspension of the parental authority exercised by the other parent.
  • When the trip is outside the national territory and they are accompanied by their guardian.
  • In any case (national or international travel), emancipated adolescents will not require the travel authorization process.

Children and adolescents require authorization to travel in the following cases:

  • When the trip is within the national territory and they travel alone or accompanied by any third party other than their fathers or mothers; In this case, they will require authorization to travel granted by one (1) only of their fathers or mothers.
  • When the trip is outside the national territory and they travel in the company of only one of their parents, The authorization of the other must be required, except in cases where there is only one filiation, the death of the other parent, court ruling where it is extinguished, deprived or suspend the effects of parental authority over the other parent.
  • When the trip is outside the national territory and they travel in the company of a third party.

The civil authorities with jurisdiction to issue authorizations to travel in the case of children, girls and adolescents, are the following:

  • The Courts for the Protection of Children and Adolescents can process any type of judicial authorization to travel, without this description being understood in a limiting manner, in those cases of international restitution, repatriation of children and adolescents outside the country, refusals or disagreements between the parents or when the whereabouts of one of the parents is unknown or mothers, modification of residence of children and adolescents, international adoptions and any other exceptional case, in accordance with the best interest and rights of children and teenagers.
  • The Councils for the Protection of Children and Adolescents of the Municipality where the boy, girl or adolescent has established his habitual residence, provided that they are duly constituted as a collegiate body. The travel authorization must have the three (3) signatures of the Councilors and/or Councilors who constitute the Council, indicating the data from the Municipal Gazette where your designation is stated, and the planned trip must not be more than ninety (90). days. The Venezuelan family is informed that these procedures are absolutely free.
  • The public notaries of the Autonomous Service of Registries and Notaries (SAREN), who through authenticated document can record the will of the parents, representatives Authorized legal guardians or guardians, to authorize the travel of children and adolescents from whoever it is.

Authorizations to travel inside and outside the country issued by the competent authorities may require the following precautions:

  • Copy of the identity card of the father and/or mother who exercises parental authority, of the guardian or guardian and/or legal representative.
  • Birth certificate of the boy, girl or adolescent who will make the trip. The presentation of this document must be required in order to reliably verify the link between who grants authorization to travel and the child or adolescent, for which there will be no requirement in regarding the date of issue of this document.
  • Copy of the identity card of the child or adolescent who wishes to move inside or outside of the country, if it had one.
  • Copy of the current passport of the child or adolescent and the person accompanying them, in case of apply.
  • Certified copy of the definitive sentence of guardianship or;
  • Certified copy of the decision that grants provisionally or definitive sentence of family placement with a minimum validity of 6 months or;
  • Certified copy of the court ruling declaring the deprivation or suspension of parental authority regarding one or both parents, if applicable or;
  • Certified copy of the court ruling that sufficiently accredits the condition of the legal representative called to give consent for the transfer of children and adolescents, inside or outside the country, if applicable.
  • Death certificate of the deceased parent, if applicable..
  • Simple copy of the air, land or sea tickets, indicating the date of departure and return. Transport service providers, public or private, are informed that they may issue the corresponding tickets, tickets or tickets without the need for the representative user or responsible person presents the travel authorization; However, when approaching the unit of transport, the travel authorization corresponding to the respective child must be required and verified, girl and/or adolescent in question. If the travel authorization is not presented in the terms that this Circular informs that it must be required, in order to guarantee the protection and lawful transfer of children and adolescents, they will not be able to board the unit transportation, and the service provider company must inform the Child Protection Council, Girls and Adolescents of the municipality where the allegedly irregular event is happening.
  • Copy of the identity card of the responsible third party with whom the boy, girl or girl will travel. adolescents or the person who will receive them if traveling alone o Two photos of the boy, girl and/or teenager.
  • Any other that the administrative or judicial authority considers essential for its granting.
  • All Venezuelan children and adolescents or with Venezuelan parents or Venezuelans can enter the national territory with expired documents, however, to leave the country same, they must do so with their valid Venezuelan passport.
  • This Circular is related to the full execution of the principle of co-responsibility to the which refers to article 4-A of the Organic Law for the Protection of Boys, Girls and Adolescents, as well as in defense and protection of all children and adolescents who are, enter, return or leave the national territory, who, as subjects full of rights, have the right to be protected against all forms of illicit transfer, as contemplated in article 40 eiusdem.