SAREN deploys travel authorization day at airports (+Safe Christmas)

Within the framework of the Safe Christmas 2026 operation guided by the National Executive, the Autonomous Service of Registries and Notaries (SAREN) held a special day of granting travel authorizations for children and adolescents.

The initiative, aimed at ensuring safe mobilization and facilitating procedures for Venezuelan families during the holiday season, is active in five of the country's main air terminals: General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport (Anzoátegui), Arturo Michelena International Airport (Carabobo), Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía (La Guaira), Airport G/J Santiago Mariño International Airport (Nueva Esparta) and La Chinita International Airport (Zulia).

In the initial phase, user service will be provided on Fridays from 8:00am to 4:00pm, while on Saturdays and Sundays the service will be operational from 8:00am to 3:00pm.

In addition, to provide maximum coverage to the high demand of the holiday season, from Monday, December 14, 2026 to Monday, January 4, 2027, the service will be provided continuously from Monday to Sunday.

Requirements for applying for a travel permit for minors:

- Passport data or extension of the child and/or adolescent (including its validity).

- Residence details of the child and/or adolescent; contact number of representatives and companions.

- Copy of the grantors' ID

- Residence and telephone number of those who receive the child and/or adolescent abroad (in case they are traveling with a third party or alone).

- One (1) updated passport-type photograph of the boy, girl and/or adolescent (white background).

- Copy of the birth certificate

- Authorizations will not be issued for trips without a return ticket.

- Provide travel itinerary.

- Authorizations for outdoor land travel will not be issued when the boy, girl and/or adolescent is traveling alone.

- Authorizations for land travel with third parties will only be issued when the child is a direct family member of the child and/or adolescent (indicate parentage data when traveling with a third party).

- Authorizations will not be issued for trips whose return exceeds 90 days.