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Important Passport Requirements Now We Are No Longer In The Eu
As the holiday season approaches and you look forward to queuing for many hours at Dover, check that your passport meets the requirements to enter the EU – otherwise you might be enjoying a staycation, admiring the White Cliffs of Dover.
You might look at your passport and see that it is valid for at least 3months after the day you plan to leave; job done – Wrong.
Prior to October 2018 the British Passport Office was in the habit of issuing passports valid for a period longer than 10 years. This was often done where a passport was renewed before the old one had expired.
But when travelling to the EU, your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the EU.
So if your passport was issued prior to October 2018, best check its actual issue date and that you are not travelling to the EU more than 10 years after its issue date.
People are being denied boarding the aircraft/boat/train for falling foul of this 10 year rule.
Just another Brexit benefit to add to the list.
You might look at your passport and see that it is valid for at least 3months after the day you plan to leave; job done – Wrong.
Prior to October 2018 the British Passport Office was in the habit of issuing passports valid for a period longer than 10 years. This was often done where a passport was renewed before the old one had expired.
But when travelling to the EU, your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the EU.
So if your passport was issued prior to October 2018, best check its actual issue date and that you are not travelling to the EU more than 10 years after its issue date.
People are being denied boarding the aircraft/boat/train for falling foul of this 10 year rule.
Just another Brexit benefit to add to the list.
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gulliver wasn't much of the delays at Dover caused by the French not suppying enough people to do the job quickly and efficiently the same as they did last year. They know there will be many going on their first holiday of the year yet do this most years. Why blame us for everything, oh I forgot you always do.
For goodness sake ! If the rules applied are the same as for other non-EU countries then that's fine. If not, then it's not, and is possibly discriminatory. It doesn't mean one can't legitimately criticise a lack of staff employed to get people through with minimim delay. Nor does it forbid discussion on whether any particular nation's demands for entry are too tough/restrictive. They are valid topics if discussion if desired.
As for trying to blame Brexit for individuals not checking the rules, or travel agents not warning of possible hitches that need sorting beforehand, or indeed pretty much anything else remoaners like to try to pin on Brexit, well that's just ridiculous. By continual mocking they just show themselves in a bad light and they ought to give it up & move on.
As for trying to blame Brexit for individuals not checking the rules, or travel agents not warning of possible hitches that need sorting beforehand, or indeed pretty much anything else remoaners like to try to pin on Brexit, well that's just ridiculous. By continual mocking they just show themselves in a bad light and they ought to give it up & move on.
//But the reality of the situation is that they are applying the rules that apply to all third-party country individuals travelling to the EU.//
I have not said anything else.
//Remember the ‘Leave Campaign’ telling us that there would be no downside for the UK leaving the EU –//
I don't remember that but that may be because I didn't listen to either campaign. I made my own mind up more than thirty years ago. As I said earlier, anybody forming their decision on the basis of what politicians told them was foolish. As above, the whole object of the exercise was to do things differently and some changes had to be expected. The idea was that the UK would be treated as a normal country, able to make its own decisions. There would have been little point in leaving if things were to have remained the same.
This particular issue (the passport validity) is a non-event. It has been publicised for more than two years; reports have been posted of people being denied travel because of their own ineptitude. Anybody falling foul of the regulations now is about as daft as those who based their referendum vote on promises made by politicians. But not to worry. By 2028 nobody will hold a passport that had more than ten years validity and those who cannot pay attention will not be troubled.
I have not said anything else.
//Remember the ‘Leave Campaign’ telling us that there would be no downside for the UK leaving the EU –//
I don't remember that but that may be because I didn't listen to either campaign. I made my own mind up more than thirty years ago. As I said earlier, anybody forming their decision on the basis of what politicians told them was foolish. As above, the whole object of the exercise was to do things differently and some changes had to be expected. The idea was that the UK would be treated as a normal country, able to make its own decisions. There would have been little point in leaving if things were to have remained the same.
This particular issue (the passport validity) is a non-event. It has been publicised for more than two years; reports have been posted of people being denied travel because of their own ineptitude. Anybody falling foul of the regulations now is about as daft as those who based their referendum vote on promises made by politicians. But not to worry. By 2028 nobody will hold a passport that had more than ten years validity and those who cannot pay attention will not be troubled.
To support my argument, here’s the passport information from two popular carriers:
Easyjet:
Please check your passport's expiry and issue date before you travel. If you're a UK passport holder travelling to the EU (except Ireland), or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, the Vatican City or Switzerland, your passport will need to meet the following criteria:
It must be valid for at least three months after the day you plan to depart from the EU or above countries*
It must be no more than 10 years' old on the date of travel to the EU or above countries.
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Jet2:
Passport Validity
As the UK is no longer part of the European Union, EU countries now require UK passports to be less than ten years old and still be valid for at least three months at the time you're due to leave their country. To check your passport is valid for travel, ask the two questions for each person on your booking (including children) – if the answer is yes, you’re ready to go!
1. On the day you arrive into the EU, will your passport’s “Date of issue” be less than 10 years old?
2. On the day you leave the EU, will your passport have at least three months remaining (based on the “Date of expiry”)?
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No doubt other carriers have similar advice. Anybody not troubling to read it can blame themselves for their lack of attention. I really have no sympathy whatsoever for anybody who is caught out by this. The fact that they were used to different arrangements is hardly the point. There can be nobody in the UK who is likely to travel abroad who is unaware that the country is no longer an EU member. They should have checked for changes.
Easyjet:
Please check your passport's expiry and issue date before you travel. If you're a UK passport holder travelling to the EU (except Ireland), or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, the Vatican City or Switzerland, your passport will need to meet the following criteria:
It must be valid for at least three months after the day you plan to depart from the EU or above countries*
It must be no more than 10 years' old on the date of travel to the EU or above countries.
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Jet2:
Passport Validity
As the UK is no longer part of the European Union, EU countries now require UK passports to be less than ten years old and still be valid for at least three months at the time you're due to leave their country. To check your passport is valid for travel, ask the two questions for each person on your booking (including children) – if the answer is yes, you’re ready to go!
1. On the day you arrive into the EU, will your passport’s “Date of issue” be less than 10 years old?
2. On the day you leave the EU, will your passport have at least three months remaining (based on the “Date of expiry”)?
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No doubt other carriers have similar advice. Anybody not troubling to read it can blame themselves for their lack of attention. I really have no sympathy whatsoever for anybody who is caught out by this. The fact that they were used to different arrangements is hardly the point. There can be nobody in the UK who is likely to travel abroad who is unaware that the country is no longer an EU member. They should have checked for changes.
//This particular issue (the passport validity) is a non-event. It has been publicised for more than two years; reports have been posted of people being denied travel because of their own ineptitude.//
Indeed. ... The very same people who were likely to vote remain. All needing a life where making decisions for themselves or being responsible for their actions is eliminated. Strangely though they do know how to complain and "blame" others for their inadequacy and incompetency. The eussr was built by them.
Indeed. ... The very same people who were likely to vote remain. All needing a life where making decisions for themselves or being responsible for their actions is eliminated. Strangely though they do know how to complain and "blame" others for their inadequacy and incompetency. The eussr was built by them.
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