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Child’s passport only has 2 months on it. Flying to Spain on Saturday!

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olympicsrock · 15/02/2022 10:39

Help!!!
Just discovered that my 10 year old son’s passport only has 2 months left on it. We have flights booked to go to Spain on Saturday. .

Has anyone travelled to Spain on this situation recently? What happened?? Were you refused permission to board the plane?
I have phoned the passport office . There is absolutely no way to get a passport for him in the next 10 days as need to do face to face for child renewal , no appointments til next week abs then a week to deliver by post.

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daimbarsatemydogsbone · 15/02/2022 15:19

If you honestly can't tell what Brexit has to do with OP's situation, maybe you could do with a brain transplant.

You need the transplant - OP didn't check passport expiry - that has ZERO to do with brexit.

The sheer amount of intellectual dishonesty in Brexit supporters is almost on par with Russian politicians.
It's only surpassed by the ridiculous propensity of some people to make everything that has ever gone wrong in the history of the universe a problem caused by Brexit.

HelloFrostyMorning · 15/02/2022 15:18

@Toanewstart23

And let me guess

“Oh he will have a whale of a time with his best friend, would MUCH prefer to go there rather than a big family foreign holiday.”

Exactly this. ^ The people who don't have the intellectual capacity to check the dates of their children's passports before booking a family holiday ALWAYS come out with this gem. Grin
WutheringHeights66 · 15/02/2022 15:15

Goes off to check validity in all our passports

RobotValkyrie · 15/02/2022 15:15

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dementedpixie · 15/02/2022 15:08

And then there's the issue that passports may not be valid until their expiry date if they had up to an extra 9 months added (no longer done now). Now you need to look at the valid from date, add 10 years and that gives your new expiry. Then you take into account the 3 (or 6 for some countries) months you need remaining and it gets even more complicated

HaveringWavering · 15/02/2022 15:07

@TrickyD

Thanks, HaveringWavering, that makes sense.
And also the 3 months point everyone else has made! But I think my analysis would still have held up if it had had 3 months pre departure but not 3 months pre return.
Toanewstart23 · 15/02/2022 15:07

And let me guess

“Oh he will have a whale of a time with his best friend, would MUCH prefer to go there rather than a big family foreign holiday.”

marqueses · 15/02/2022 15:06

@Remmy123

You need to get emergency passport appointment

Happened to a friend she drove 4 hours to get the passport sorted on the same day

And pop into the bank while you're there to cancel the cheque Grin
Toanewstart23 · 15/02/2022 15:06

@olympicsrock

Thanks Jiving…. Just seeing that the appointments available do change so I will keep checking. Prob the best I can hope for.

Trying to come up with a plan B, C and D.
B - DH and DS2 go and DS1 And I try to join them for the last few days if passport arrives?
C Three of us go and DS to stay with best friend??
D All stay at home ??

DS doesn’t join you on a family holiday because his parents messed up?!

No.
No.
No.

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dementedpixie · 15/02/2022 15:04

@Remmy123

You need to get emergency passport appointment

Happened to a friend she drove 4 hours to get the passport sorted on the same day

There isn't a same day service for children
RobotValkyrie · 15/02/2022 15:04

The amount of misinformation and denial on this thread is off the charts...

A few actual facts for the factually challenged:

  • you can't do a same day emergency passport for kids, fastest service is advertised as 7 days
  • you could totally travel to the EU on a soon-to-be-expired passport before Brexit, thanks to the freedom of movement afforded to all EU citizens. In fact travelling on an expired document, or no passport at all, was in theory possible as well, as long as your proof of EU citizenship was credible enough. E.g. back in the early/mid? 2000s, you could simply show your UK driving license to fly with Ryanair from UK to France.
  • Brexit means some valid (not yet expired, would be 100% valid to enter the UK) passports are no longer valid to travel to the EU. This rule is new to many people because, even though Brexit was 2 years ago, many people haven't been travelling at all during the pandemic (which also started about 2 years ago, in case you missed it, or already forgot...). And the exact rules are unclear, even to airlines (lots of confusion around the 3 months VS 6 months rule)
dementedpixie · 15/02/2022 15:04

France asks for 3 months validity which is why there was no issue

Remmy123 · 15/02/2022 15:04

You need to get emergency passport appointment

Happened to a friend she drove 4 hours to get the passport sorted on the same day

TrickyD · 15/02/2022 15:03

Thanks, HaveringWavering, that makes sense.

dementedpixie · 15/02/2022 15:01

@TrickyD

We travelled to France on Sunday 6 February. Returning on 13th.

On Thursday 3rd Feb, DS2 realised his DD's passport expires on 8th July i.e. within 6 months for departure, not within for return.

It was too late to get a new passport so we just hoped for the best.

No problem.

(Not sure if this is relevant but thought it worth mentioning)

That's because you only need 3 months remaining not 6
OddsNSodsBitsNBobs · 15/02/2022 15:01

@harriethoyle

Wow. You are really rude OP. There's no need.
Exactly what I was going to post, PPs weren't in the least rude to OP!
Phormiumjester · 15/02/2022 15:00

@TyrannosaurusRegina So WHAT was she hoping for? A time machine? A link to a smuggling gang? If she knows the rules why post? These rules are hard and fast.

MsTSwift · 15/02/2022 15:00

Family in front of us the mum thrown off flight for this at the last check in. Was awful to see.

HaveringWavering · 15/02/2022 14:59

Entered France.

HaveringWavering · 15/02/2022 14:59

@TrickyD

We travelled to France on Sunday 6 February. Returning on 13th.

On Thursday 3rd Feb, DS2 realised his DD's passport expires on 8th July i.e. within 6 months for departure, not within for return.

It was too late to get a new passport so we just hoped for the best.

No problem.

(Not sure if this is relevant but thought it worth mentioning)

That’s because it is France that imposes the 6 month rule. When you entered farce you complied with their rule.

On return, you were travelling home to the U.K., who do not impose such a rule.

Phormiumjester · 15/02/2022 14:57

@Peanutbuttercupisyum

I don’t get it - you can get an emergency passport in four hours/same day . You just need to go to the passport office. I mean he’ll need to take time off school etc, but why don’t you just do that?
No that's not possible
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