The NCL parental consent form is an official document signed by the parents or legal representatives of a child who is going to travel on a Norwegian Cruise Line ship without parents. This form grants the child the right to travel with another accompanying adult.
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The accompanying person, who must be over 21 years old, receives some rights and responsibilities for decision-making and child care during the cruise. For instance, in an emergency situation in which there is a threat to the child’s health, the accompanying adult themselves can decide on the admissibility of medical intervention.
It is they who sign the necessary consent to provide medical services to the child during the cruise. Moreover, the accompanying adult signs waivers from the child’s participation in sports activities.
The consent form is filled in when a child under the age of majority travels without parents on a cruise liner. Before the start of the cruise, the parents or legal representatives of the child must fill out this form and notarize it.
In addition, the NCL parental consent form may be needed if the child is traveling with only one of the parents. Then the second parent must also sign a consent form for the transfer of decision-making rights regarding the child to one parent for the duration of the cruise.
Most cruise companies have strict travel requirements for children. NCL is no exception. In general, children over 6 months old can be present on a cruise ship accompanied by their parents. However, if the cruise lasts more than three days, then only children who have reached the age of 12 months are allowed on the ship.
For most cruises, there is a single rule: all children under the age of 18 must be on the ship accompanied by their parents, legal representatives, or an accompanying adult who has been delegated authority in accordance with the NCL parental consent form.
However, if one of the stops during the cruise takes place in the USA, China, or Canada, then these rules apply to persons under the age of 21.
Thus, in the cases described above, parents are required to fill out a form and hand it over to an accompanying adult. Otherwise, when checking documents during boarding, the NCL employees cannot allow the child to board the ship.
Please note that having a passport or a birth certificate is not sufficient.
Gather a few details before you start, so you can fill in the whole form in one sitting. Most of them come from your Norwegian Cruise Line booking and from each child’s travel documents.
The form is short and easy to follow. Work through the eight steps below in order, and check each line before you move on. Each step shows the part of the form you are filling in.
Enter the name of each child who will sail without you and travel with an accompanying adult. Spell every name exactly as it appears on the child’s passport or birth certificate.
Enter a valid address and postal code.
Fill in each child’s personal details: date of birth and the passport or birth certificate number. Copy the numbers straight from the ID so that no digit is wrong.
The next section of the form is devoted to information about the upcoming cruise. Fill in the name of a cruise ship, the departure date, and the reservation code on the next line. Also write the stateroom number.
In the next paragraph, enter your names as parents or legal representatives. Then enter the name of the accompanying adult.
Below, you can see several paragraphs of the text. It describes all the conditions for the transfer of authority from parents to an accompanying adult for the duration of the cruise. Read every point so you know what you are agreeing to and how the accompanying adult will act in an emergency.
On the line below the text, you must indicate the current date when you sign this document and, thereby, the above provisions come into force.
On the last two lines, both parents or legal representatives write down their names and put their signatures.
In addition, keep in mind that it is better to notarize this form.
When you finish, read the whole form once more and check these points:
A few small habits keep the form clean and make the trip smoother for the children and the accompanying adult. Use them as a quick final check before the parents sign.
Parents and legal guardians often ask the same few questions about this Norwegian Cruise Line consent form. The short answers below point back to the steps above, so you can find the right part of the form quickly.
The accompanying adult is the person who travels with your child in your place. You write that person’s name in Step 5.
The parents or legal representatives sign on the last two lines, as Step 8 shows. The accompanying adult is named in Step 5.
The form has lines for these details:
Step 1 has the line for the children’s names. Write the name of each child who is sailing with the accompanying adult.
Read each line once more and use the checklist above. Then keep a signed copy with your travel papers.
Step 4 covers the cruise section of the form. It has lines for the ship name, the departure date and the reservation code, and a place for the stateroom number.
General information, not legal or tax advice.
