expiered passport

[samjayne]

i come from madeira and my passport has run out can i still fly back to get a new one

[dorset 1954]

It seems that the purpose of passports is to ensure that people do not either: a) illegally leave their own country or b) illegally enter another country. When someone is travelling in the opposite direction (back home) neither government has any worries. When my passport was stolen in Spain, I had to obtain papers from the British Embassy there, to return to the U.K., but then I had no I.D. Your expired passport might suffice, but you may need to check your embassy.

[SteveD]

Why not check with the Portuguese Embassy?: http://portugal.embassyhomepage.com/

[Del68]

Contact your embassy and request a travel document, they will need your old passport number etc. My wife had to do this a couple of years ago when her passport had expired.