{"id":738,"date":"2020-03-25T15:13:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.fr\/?p=738"},"modified":"2025-09-03T13:26:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:26:04","slug":"authorization-to-leave-the-country-ast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/autorisation-de-sortie-du-territoire-ast\/","title":{"rendered":"Do I need to provide an authorization to leave the country when traveling with a minor child?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>If a minor child living in France needs to travel abroad (including for a stopover) without a legal guardian (father, mother or guardian), he or she must have an authorization to leave France (AST).<\/h3>\n<h2><!--more-->What is AST?<\/h2>\n<p>The authorization to leave the country is a form (Cerfa 15646*01) that a legal guardian must complete online, print out and sign. The legal guardian must attach a copy of his or her identity document to the form. <strong>When crossing the border, minors will not be asked to show their family record book, even if their name is different from that of their legal guardian.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&gt; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/simulateur\/calcul\/15646-01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fill in my AST online<\/a><\/strong> &lt;<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<p>I am Italian. My child lives in France. Does he need an AST to travel abroad?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The answer is YES<\/strong>. My child will need to travel with his or her AST, CNI or passport (depending on the country he or she is going to), a visa (if the country he or she is going to requires one) and a copy of a valid ID document from the person responsible for him or her (CNI, passport or residence permit).<\/p>\n<h2>My child is going to a country requiring an e-Visa<\/h2>\n<p>To visit certain countries such as India, Oman or the <a href=\"\/en\/destinations\/sri-lanka\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a>If you are planning to visit France, you must first apply for an e-Visa. <strong>For minors travelling without their parents, AST will not be required when applying for an e-Visa.<\/strong>. The form will be requested when clearing immigration or when boarding.<\/p>\n<p>As the formalities involved in obtaining an e-Visa can sometimes be complicated, Visamundi can help you with simple forms in French, as well as assistance (chat, voicemail, e-mail) to guide you through the process.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/simulateur\/calcul\/15646-01\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-739 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/7858_sortie-territoire-1--1024x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a minor child living in France needs to travel abroad (including for a stopover) without a legal guardian (father, mother or guardian), he or she must have an authorization to leave France (AST).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astuces"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=738"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7021121,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/738\/revisions\/7021121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}