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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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TrickyD · 15/02/2022 14:55

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)

Squidgames4U · 15/02/2022 14:54

Friend had their child refused entry to Canaries at weekend as they were 1 week under 3 months

MsVanDeKamp · 15/02/2022 14:53

B or D. personally I would go D. rebook somewhere in the UK for all of you, it feels unfair DS should miss out and watch his sibling go over a mistake you made.

LumpyandBumps · 15/02/2022 14:50

I haven’t read all the responses but will just mention that the last time I renewed a child’s passport by an ordinary online application it arrived in 5 days.

It might be worth trying that if there is no other option for an enhanced service.

Louisianagumbo · 15/02/2022 14:50

@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?
You used to be able to do this but it was stopped I think in 2016, I'm guessing because of fears over child abduction.
dementedpixie · 15/02/2022 14:46

@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?
Fastest for a child is 7 days. There is no same day service for children
marqueses · 15/02/2022 14:43

@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?
You don't get it because you're wrong, I believe the reason you can't do this is stop children being kidnapped and taken abroad in domestic custody cases
blanketyblanked · 15/02/2022 14:43

Why would you even risk this? It's a clear no, there is no Mumsnet magic wand you can pull out to show passport control and being snipey to helpful commentators is a CF move

AchillesPoirot · 15/02/2022 14:41

@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?
I don’t think you can for a child.
Peanutbuttercupisyum · 15/02/2022 14:38

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?

EdithRea · 15/02/2022 14:33

@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 ??

That's actually evil. You'd leave him behind? Fucking hell.
EdithRea · 15/02/2022 14:32

"Call up and beg? Might be worth a shot."

It's international border law, not the local pub.

marqueses · 15/02/2022 14:21

@Redroceritsover

We had this and were able to travel for a face to face. The passport office was three hours away and it was a right palava getting there but beggars can’t be choosers. We needed to travel for a family funeral. Had a 9am appointment and received the passport 48 hours later which was our day of travel! The lady was so helpful and expedited it for us and said it was just doable as they were not overly inundated with applications. Worth a try
You'd hope they would pull out the stops for your situation, a funeral should always take priority over someone who has got themself into a pre-planned holiday problem of their own making
harriethoyle · 15/02/2022 14:20

Hahahaha @HaveringWavering yeah that too! Grin

Blinkingbatshit · 15/02/2022 14:19

Do you live nearish to an airport that flies to Belfast?! Get a flight there and back tomorrow….. or move the holiday. Sorry op, what a stress (& I agree, Brexit sucks….sorry, that’s me being a bit goady because I’m still bitter😆)

HaveringWavering · 15/02/2022 14:17

@harriethoyle

What you don't do *@TyrannosaurusRegina* is snap at people not to post again on your thread and tell them you can read, when they appear genuinely to be trying to help. However stressed op is by her mistake I suspect that's the point she lost a lot of sympathy and was just unnecessarily rude.
I lost sympathy for her when she suggested that leaving her 10 year-old at home while the rest of the family went on holiday was a potential solution!
LesLavandes · 15/02/2022 14:15

I would also move the holiday. It would be so unfair on your child to go and leave him at home or just maybe go for last few days

rainrainraincamedowndowndown · 15/02/2022 14:07

I would move the holiday. Too much stress over something that might not work out.

harriethoyle · 15/02/2022 14:01

What you don't do @TyrannosaurusRegina is snap at people not to post again on your thread and tell them you can read, when they appear genuinely to be trying to help. However stressed op is by her mistake I suspect that's the point she lost a lot of sympathy and was just unnecessarily rude.

Bu2014 · 15/02/2022 13:59

@olympicsrock

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?? We’re 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.

My husband had 11 weeks remaining on his passport and we were refused entry to Greece 4 years ago. Not covered by insurance. So sorry
Starfish1021 · 15/02/2022 13:57

We will be refused boarding

TyrannosaurusRegina · 15/02/2022 13:57

"But as PP said, what can anyone say other than the rules don't allow it? Any anecdotes of people managing it would by definition be unusual one offs even if they did exist, and therefore not something OP could rely on. 'The law says they won't let you on the plane' is a perfectly valid response as the people OP is looking to hear from don't exist."

@Pedalpushers what they could have said is nothing seeing as they had no valuable input. She already knows the rules, she stated that. She asked a specific question, if they don't have the answer then why reply with something that she already knows and stated she that she already knows? It would be annoying to get notifications saying that there had been replies on your post, on your specific question, only to log on and find that it's just people parroting what you have said you are already aware of.

FairyLightAddict · 15/02/2022 13:56

In December I booked a face to face appointment for my son and I got the passport in 4 days. Good luck!

SNUG2022 · 15/02/2022 13:53

Good luck op!

Redroceritsover · 15/02/2022 13:53

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