Eu entry question

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get back from a EU country on the 2nd April but passport was issued on the 3rd July 2016 .i.e 1 say remaining as valid With the 3 month expiry rule would you risk this or get a new passport?

So it expires 3rd july 2026?
Depends on the airport staff and how jobsworthy they are probably

Depends on rules. Foreign office has them for abroad and probably for here!

The rules are 3 months remaining when leaving the EU. OPs passport meets this with 1 day remaining so will have 3 months 1 day left. It should be ok

It's valid for travel in the EU, there shouldn't be any risk involved traveling with it.

It's more than 3 months, so I don't see a problem. You could put the dates into the Tui passport checker to be sure.

I went to the EU when my passport was 9 years 11 months and about 25 days old so close to the 10 year rule and it was fine.

However renewal turn round times are pretty quick right now (about a week), which they might not be in the early summer because that's when a lot of people look to renew prior to their summer holidays so given that your passport will be useless for any further entry into the EU following the trip you are talking about, you might want to think about renewing it now as it's less than 2 months that you will lose.

It’s fine to travel on that but personally I’d renew in case of flight delays etc

I’d do this.

That is my husbands worry. I think we are going to re new to be safe