Passport

[trixie007]

Post Brexit will UK/EU passports be legal travel documents for Europe.

[Old_Geezer]

As I understand it, yes. Sure I read that somewhere on a news site. No reason why they wouldn't that I can see. Different irrelevant wording or wrong colour can be corrected when they run out and need replacing.

[mikey4444]

At the rate that David Davies is going, it may be years before we have to think about replacing our passports !

[KARL]

I suspect this is yet to be reliably confirmed but it does seem the likeliest outcome. What an EU passport for a non-EU national will command in terms of consideration is rather less certain and in the end some governments, particularly outside Europe, may decide not to accept them because they will then be known to (strictly) be a misrepresentation. I would not travel anywhere but to perhaps a very limited number of countries after Brexit proper on an EU passport issued by the UK because there is a likelihood (some would argue as to how likely) that some official somewhere will take it into his/her head to act on that knowledge and refuse entry - that could be to the US as their officials are so fond of protecting their rears.

[douglas9401]

Is it not a British passport with the European bit tagged on and therefore a valid document for travel to almost anywhere?

[trixie007]

I suppose it will be in order, though I had not heard it mentioned, to date. Thanks to all. Trixie.

[davegosling]

The EU may decide that holders of British passports need a Visa to travel its member countries, like passport holders from other countries do: http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-nationals/index_en.htm

What's to stop them?

[New Judge]

"...will UK/EU passports be legal travel documents for Europe."

There is no such thing as a "UK/EU" passport. There is a UK passport, and that's it. UK passports are valid in all countries in the world.

"What an EU passport for a non-EU national will command in terms of consideration is rather less certain and in the end some governments, particularly outside Europe, may decide not to accept them because they will then be known to (strictly) be a misrepresentation."

Once again, there is no such thing as an EU passport. The EU does not (yet) issue passports. The passports issued by the UK make no reference to the EU at all other than to have (for a reason unknown) the words "European Union" embossed on its cover. After 2019 those words will presumably be removed from new issues. The old ones will remain valid and be treated exactly as United Kingdom passports are now. As I said in response to another question, border authorities outside the EU are not interested in the European Union for passport purposes. It is individual EU member nations that issue passports and it is that which bestows on them their validity. There is not a chance in hell of a UK passport being viewed any differently after Brexit.

[Old_Geezer]

Nothing to stop them Dave. But they saw no need for UK tourists to get them prior to us joining the Common Market, so presumably they'll see no benefit insisting on them afterwards; and finding holiday makers opt to book at other countries that are less hassle. Time will tell.

[zebo]

Can we have the dark blue ones back, much nicer, and that's not a Little Englander statement. Years ago,queuing to re-enter the US from Tijuana my husband was mocking my new maroon floppy passport, the German couple in front were having a similar 'discussion' about his new passport, they preferred their old dark green ones.