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To wonder if I'm going to have issues with my passport?

31 replies

PinataHeeHaw · 16/05/2025 12:42

I'm travelling to Spain in July. My passport was issued April 2015 and expires November this year.

Current rules say you must be returning to the UK within 3 months of the expiry date of your passport, which is fine, but also say that your passport should have an issue date of less than ten years before the date of travel. That means I'll be three months outside of these rules. Getting a new passport is almost £100. I'm going to have to get a new passport aren't I, even though it doesn't officially expire until November?

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Spirallingdownwards · 16/05/2025 12:46

Yes apply for a new one now.

For the EU the effective date it expires is 10 years after the date of issue rather than any expiry date stated in the passport.

Musicaltheatremum · 16/05/2025 12:45

Yes you are. If it was issued in April '15 then for Europe it effectively expired in April 2025 as the months they added on in 2015 are no longer valid. My son's passport was issued in April 2015 and expired January 2026 according to the document but he was denied boarding to go to Norway.

FanofLeaves · 16/05/2025 12:44

Well yes but you would have got a new one anyway, as yours expired this year, so it’s only bringing forward the cost a bit.

Moveoverdarlin · 16/05/2025 12:44

You need a new passport.

SummertimeFeelingFine · 16/05/2025 12:43

Yes.

BodenCardiganNot · 16/05/2025 12:43

Yes you are.