Passport Renewal

[smurfchops]

I read today that “since Brexit, British passports cannot be more than ten years old, when used to travel to EU, travellers need to look at the date of issue rather than the date of expiry”. Is this true??

[zebo]

I applied on line with a digitally coded photo last Thursday and it's being printed now, just on case anyone needs a quick renewal, the horror stories we read a couple of months ago don't seem to have materialised.

[Hymie]

Of course if we were still members of the EU, they’d have to accept our passports, even if they were valid for 20 years, and did not have any remaining clear pages for stamps.

[douglas9401]

If we were still members we might not even need a passport to travel within the bloc, like citizens of other countries who just wave photo ID when asked.

[New Judge]

//Of course if we were still members of the EU,...//

But we're not, so we have to make sure we have the documentation that is required by citizens from other normal countries.

[bobbinwales]

Do we get stories of say Americans who can't fly to say Germany or Spain as there passport is 10years old...

[-SharonA-]

Seems not
https://www.kayak.com/travel-restrictions/spain

[New Judge]

//Do we get stories of say Americans who can't fly to say Germany or Spain as there passport is 10years old...//

Probably not because it's not the sort of thing that would interest readers of UK newspapers and even if it did, it could not be blamed on Brexit, so not worth reporting. As well as that, I imagine the one in three US citizens who do hold a passport check the entry requirements of the country they plan to visit. This is what normal people in normal countries do. They don't fail to check, pitch up at the airport and then bleat to the press that they have been denied travel.