to risk flying to europe over xmas

[savethecat]

With a passport that expires 21 June 2020
latest flying out 24th december, 7 days only.
Would IBU to risk this?

Why wouldn’t you ??? I don’t get it ?
I went to Madrid for work with a day left on my passport over summer had no issues

Um. What's the risk?

Do you have to have 6 months on the passport? I have googled a lot with conflicting reports,

Someone wants to boast about going on Christmas holidays

@savethecat not in EU

We are still in til 31st Jan 2020, so you will be OK. We have to come back to Brussels in January for something, and I'll renew my passport after that as it runs out in March.

Some Member States are saying passports OK with 3 months left, the EU saying 6 months.

Ah, the hitch is I live here but don't have a UK passport. It's near impossible to get any contact points to ask

This should help:

www.postoffice.co.uk/identity/soon-to-expire-passport

Oh sorry, didn't realise it's not a UK passport. I can't help in that case!

Might help if you say in which country the passport was issued...

Sorry, Aussie.

@savethecat is it a non EU passport? Check with the country you plan to travel to.

I see a rush job renewal in my future.

Anyway for everyone else is it 3 or 6 months? Such a confusing time!

Well that’s a completely different ballgame. Bit bizarre it’s taken you several posts to mention.

Maybe ring Spanish embassy

Or whichever place you’re going’s embassy meant to say

I actually didn't think it would make a difference and then realised it might, stupid, I know,

Thanks for your advice everyone!

I didn't know you weren't supposed to do this

We are talking 10 days. I imagine we would be back at the latest the 31st. What a pain! I think you lose the 6 months now too :(

10 days after the 6 months I mean.

I think it is 6 months from the return date. However, I also think it can be different depending on your status in UK. So certainly call embassy of the country you want to travel to. Or send them an email.