Hey guys
So I am heading to the Big Apple next month with my best friend, her daughter and friend.
Does she need a notarised letter from her daughters friends mother? Or does it just need to be signed by the girls mother?

Also do we need to do anything extra, in terms of entry to the US (we are all on Canadian passports) and is this something we can do online or do we just head to the airport and on our merry way?
Thanks!
My first trip without the kids......yikes~!
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Normally if a child is minor, you need a letter from the parents authorizing the child to travel to another country. This is true also when a child travels with only one parent, they would need a letter from the other parent saying it is ok. I have done this before, never notarised though. So for your best friend, she would need a letter from her daughters father (don't know if they are married separated etc so don't want to put my foot in my mouth ).

For your best friend'd daughter's friend, you would need a letter from her parents authorising her to travel with your best friend.

The letter should have the child's name and passport number, the accompanying adult(s) name and passport numbers, date and location of travel, where everybody will be staying and how they can be reached, etc. This is where you will find what you need:

http://www.voyage.gc.ca/preparation_...nsentement-eng

As for entering the US, for Canadian citizens there is nothing special required. For UK citizens, you need to get Visa waivers, they process it at the border, depending on how busy they are you can wait an hour to get it. It is about $6 (US) each, so make sure you have cash with you. I believe they also accept credit cards but cash would work better. I am not sure if you need the waiver if you have PR though, maybe not?

Have fun in NY, NY

while this is, of course, true for land border crossings the OP did note that she is travelling by air. The I94W fee is rolled in to the air fare and no further fee is payable at US immigration. For UK citizens, that is (whether or not you have PR; the US govt doesn't care what your status in Canada is). As you say, if travelling on a Canadian passport no further action is needed at all.

Awesome!!!Thanks guys!
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... Also, don't see it on here, but if you travel by air, you must also have a valid ESTA for each traveller. This is valid for two years, is applied for online, and must be approved prior to departure.

And if you have a green visa waiver stapled in your passport, remember to hand it back before the three months are up, or take it out of your passport. I've been ripped a new one twice now for forgetting to do that...

And if you go through an airport, and then make a land crossing within the three months, then you don't need to apply for a new visa waiver. But you still might get sent to apply for one anyway....

Confusing? You betcha!

ESTA done for air and I believe sea ports are $14, unless they get denied in which case they are are $6 and have to be done in advance, not at the port like a land crossing.

This would be for anyone travelling on the VWP.

LOL um confused?! Yup!
So if we are all Canadian Citizens, travelling on Canadian passports, do we still need the ESTA?
Thanks!
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As a Canadian: No. Why they are talking about a UK citizen's US entry requirements I do not know.

"They" were clearing up the previous point that mentioned the I-94 old style entry done at the land border instead of at the airport, which has to be pre-done.

In the heaven forbid event that someone in the future might actually do a search for a common question and come across a thread that has wrong information.