Hogsmeade permission form

Hogsmeade permission form
Object information
Manufacturer	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Made	1993 or earlier
Usage	Granted students permission to visit Hogsmeade when signed
Owners	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Third-year students

Harry Potter: "Well, it'll be hard work, pretending to Aunt Marge I go to that St Whatsits--"

Vernon Dursley: "St Brutus's Secure Centre for Incurably Criminal Boys!"

Harry Potter: ".... But if you sign my permission form, I swear I'll remember where I'm supposed to go to school, and I'll act like a Mug--like I'm normal and everything."

— Exchange between Harry Potter and Vernon Dursley

A form was required to be signed by a third-year student's parent or guardian in order for that student to take part on the weekend trips to Hogsmeade Village, an all-wizarding village near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter was unable to get Vernon Dursley to sign his copy of this form but eventually received a separate signed note of permission from his godfather Sirius Black, which was considered "good enough for Dumbledore".

It was possible for a Head of House to deny a student permission to enter Hogsmeade even if they had a permission form. This was the case with Jacob's sibling in 1986. Their Head of House did not allow them to go to Hogsmeade due to breaking the rules but allowed them to go after they studied hard.

Transcript

The text of the Hogsmeade permission form is the following:

PERMISSION for VISIT to HOGSMEADE for

...(Student name)...

This document hereby serves to state the aforementioned

Third-year student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

is permitted to visit the village of Hogsmeade at such a time

That the school arranges, and with the signature of the undersigned

parent or guardian.

The student shall abide by all such rules & regulations relevant

to such expeditions and set by the school as per article 528/Z

of the 1714 Edict.

Print Name ...................

Relation .......................

Signature .....................

Behind the scenes

"A signed Hogsmeade permission form" on Pottermore

• "A signed Hogsmeade permission form" was one out of the thirty-two options generated by an old feature on Pottermore, "Wonderful wizarding world happiness generator", which was about things that could cast away the Blue Monday blues.
  • The description was "Harry had a hard time getting into Hogsmeade thanks to a typically hostile Uncle Vernon, but here's a signed form we made just for you. Meet you at the Hog's Head!".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Flashback on Disc 2)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
• Harry Potter: The Exhibition
• Pottermore
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)