A private consent is not a DSWD Travel Clearance Certificate, Certificate of Exemption, passport, visa, or custody order. Route the child's exact status first.
This is a truthful consent and parental authorization for one child—never a substitute for a passport, visa, custody order, DSWD certificate, immigration decision, or airline approval
Travel area A Within the Philippines ✓ B Outside the Philippines ✓
Official route DSWD Travel Clearance
Travel International
Child's age 10 on departure
Companion other adult
Authority joint married parents A private consent never replaces the official TCC, CE, passport, visa, or custody record.
Who will travel with the child? DSWD does not allow a child below 13 to travel alone. A traveling companion must be at least 18, except a sibling or close relative over 15 taking a child below 13 to join the parents abroad permanently.
A Both parents ✓ B Mother only ✓ C Father only ✓ D Court-appointed legal guardian ✓ E Another adult or organization representative ✓ F Child travels alone (only a child aged 13 or older) ✓
Official route DSWD Travel Clearance
Travel International
Child's age 10 on departure
Companion other adult
Authority joint married parents A private consent never replaces the official TCC, CE, passport, visa, or custody record.
Child's legally documented status Parents married to each other Parents not married to each other Final adoption decree Court-appointed guardianship Foster care Adoption pending Orphan with substitute parent or nearest kin Other or disputed status
Official route DSWD Travel Clearance
Travel International
Child's age 10 on departure
Companion other adult
Authority joint married parents A private consent never replaces the official TCC, CE, passport, visa, or custody record.
Person or persons currently exercising parental authority or legal custody Both married parents jointly Mother of a non-marital child Final adoptive parent or parents Documented solo parent Parent or custodian under a current court order Court-appointed legal guardian Substitute parent under Family Code route
Official route DSWD Travel Clearance
Travel International
Child's age 10 on departure
Companion other adult
Authority joint married parents A private consent never replaces the official TCC, CE, passport, visa, or custody record.
The child may be automatically exempt because of a qualifying foreign passport, immigrant/permanent-resident status, or dependent/foreign-service visa Official route DSWD Travel Clearance
Travel International
Child's age 10 on departure
Companion other adult
Authority joint married parents A private consent never replaces the official TCC, CE, passport, visa, or custody record.
Custody, objection, protection-order, hold-departure, or travel-restriction status A No known conflict or restriction ✓ B A current court order exists and this trip follows it ✓ C Unresolved objection, conflict, restriction, or pending issue ✓
The current DSWD, airline, immigration, and parental-authority route was checked against the child's real civil-status and custody records
