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

Op, there may be a way around it. Ask them if you can pick it up. It's usually takes only a day or two to actually make a passport. I would get a contact number/email of the relevant person and asked them to contact you on the same day as the passport is ready, then go collect it personally.

Before Brexit you could go to an EU/EEA country with only the time left in your passport. So if you were going for a week, and had 10 days left, that was ok.

Now that is not ok. The passport cannot be older than 10 years (some had extra time in them if they were renewed early) and it has to have up to 6 months left, even if you are only going for 3 days. I say 6 months because it seems to depend on a number of factors including the border guard concerned (hence why you might have been ok going to Germany) and the airline knowing the rules.

So to everyone on the thread THIS IS TO DO WITH BREXIT!

We had a similar issue with DD’s first passport. We kept checking the appointments and got one last minute for the following morning. Get your pictures ready and check between midnight and 4am.

Husband lost his partner one week before our holiday. We drove to Peterborough and stayed over night to renew it. Your child doesnt have to be there for the face to fave renewal as my sister did it August last year for her 10 year old and she just went up to london and did it whilst her daughter was at school

My friend got through at New Year with similar, but they actually live in the EU country and were visiting the UK for a holiday (British citizens), so it was maybe less of an issue because when they were returning to the EU country they had a lot of documentation to prove they live there. I don't know of anyone who's tried it in your direction.

I think you would be best speaking to the holiday company and trying to rearrange to give you time to sort passport. Or make alternative arrangement for your 10 year old to say behind. A bit traumatic to take him to the airport then get refused.

I got a face to face appointment for my sons and it was delivered the next day even though they said a week so keep an eye on appointments

I travelled to and from Norway on my passport with six weeks remaining when I left three on my way home. I guess it depends on who checks!

I know OP may not be back but just wanted to share our experience of a similar situation about 3 years ago. Renewed all the passports apart from one child whose I was convinced was in date… realised a week before travel it wasn’t…

I got a face to face appointment asap at any passport office that would have me, no need to take the child along as long as you are sure you have all the correct docs/photos.

Appointment was 8.00am on a Monday and we had the passport in hand from the courier by 2pm on the Friday. We were travelling on the Fri eve so very very lucky and the holiday was salvaged.

So I’d say still give it a try if you can find any appointment you can get to.

Three years!

Got to Peterborough to get a new passport quickly - check opening times....

This happened to a friend of mine last week and there DC was refused so nobody went on their holiday. They had 10 weeks left on their passport.

Sorry to hear your predicament. Id be so stressed

I guess its such a new thing with Brexit
Being less than a year old and most
Of us not having travelled for a few years

Everyone go check your family passports

I thought my passport was new but turns its six years old. Have made an iphone note to renew in 5 years

Nothing to do with Brexit. We were at the airport and daughters passport had fewer than six months before it expired. We lost our flight to Italy, but we’re able to swap it to Munich -Germany did not have the requirement at least at that time.

Yes. My neighbours were refused boarding when there son had just over 2 months in passport. He will be refused sorry.

Huh?

@Toanewstart23 Wales

Alex - maybe last year when travel was easier

But now, with boosters, lack of entry for unvax etc I don't believe for a second anyone is going away right now without checking entry requirements for the country though surely. They vary massively and are way much strict and detailed than last year

@Watapalava

Whether its been advertised or not, over the last 18 months, isn't the point, in a pandemic, when most weren't travelling, things like passport rules go in one ear and out the other.

Its an irrelevance, i mean how many people even know there is a Govt website?

Might have been better if we'd been warned about all this in 2016, rather than the likes of Bojo telling us all nothing would change "they need our holiday money/us more than them""

I'd imagine those booking through travel agents will be told and those booking independently are more likely to get caught out.

I had the same problem last year with DD (12). I’m going to be completely honest, it was totally fine and no one said a word. She was going with my mum and I waited at the airport until they went through just in case but it was completely fine. I nearly went grey with worry though!

You deserve a 🏅

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