Travel documents for child turning 16

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2 hours ago, doctordi said:

When my son was 16 and didn't have a driver's license or permit, I was concerned about him clearing security at the ports. I was afraid that a school ID, while fine with Carnival, wouldn't be sufficient at the ports, and that kind of information is really hard to find out on line ahead of time. Some ports check IDs against the name on the ship card closely. Other ports just want to see that you have the ship card. I made sure to carry his passport with me as a photo ID, but I usually presented all the ship cards together, and since he was accompanied by a parent, it was never an issue. 

Typically if kids of whatever age are with the parents they aren't looked at too closely by the ports. And Carnival could not accept a form of ID if a particular port didn't accept it because there are two standards that must always be met- what the US requires for you to return from the cruise and what each port requires.