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passport question
seabreeze_3
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hi me and my hubby have just decided to book a last minute deal to spain we checked the passports and my daughters expires on the 23 august but we depart 23 july for 7 nights so the passport is still valid but the passport office website says it must be valid for 90 days so i checked the spanish embassy site and it says as along as it is valid for the duration of the trip http://spain.embassyhomepage.com/spanish_visa_information_spain_visa_service_cheap_flights_spain_hotels_madrid_travel_insurance_spain_embassy_london.
any advise would be helpful as i really don't want the hassle of renewing a passport now for a weeks holiday any help would be appriciated
thanks
any advise would be helpful as i really don't want the hassle of renewing a passport now for a weeks holiday any help would be appriciated
thanks
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I can't find anywhere on the passport office website that says your passport must be valid for 90 days to visit Spain. The main advice they give is to consult the Embassy of the country you are visiting who are in a far better position to advise your on what are THEIR regulations, not UK ones.
The Spanish Embassy has given you the correct advice - it just needs to be valid for your visit.0 -
Who dreams up all this rubbish about passport validity ?
If you are visiting an EU country (and the the USA - and practically every country on the planet) your passport needs to be valid for the duration of your stay - not one day longer !0 -
This is quite useful regarding Spain:
http://travelguides.lastminute.com/sisp/index.htm?fx=location&loc_id=131116&sub_section=Passport/Visa
Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all except:
(a) 1. EU/EEA nationals (EU + Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) and Swiss nationals holding a valid national ID card.0 -
moonrakerz wrote: »Who dreams up all this rubbish about passport validity ?
If you are visiting an EU country (and the the USA - and practically every country on the planet) your passport needs to be valid for the duration of your stay - not one day longer !
I know it's not yet in the EU but Turkey says this:
http://www.turkishconsulate.org.uk/en/visa.htm# All passport holders are required to have a minimum of three months validity on their passports when they leave Turkey.
Has anyone ever had a problem with Turkey and passport validity? Just curious.0 -
The six months myth is perpetuated by some parts of the travel trade.
Cynic mode on
Because they cannot expect their semi-trained staff (and half their punters) to understand more than one item of information about passports, they say six months.
This means that no-one travelling with them will ever be turned away, anywhere in the world, for having an invalid passport.
The fact that loads of people will have unnecessarily renewed is not relevant - they too won't be turned away - goal achieved.
cynic mode off0 -
moonrakerz wrote: »Who dreams up all this rubbish about passport validity ?
If you are visiting an EU country (and the the USA - and practically every country on the planet) your passport needs to be valid for the duration of your stay - not one day longer !
Many countries: most of Africa, and China, do insist on this six month rule.0 -
Voyager2002 wrote: »Many countries: most of Africa, and China, do insist on this six month rule.
I didn't say every country - I just get a bit hacked off reading the drivel about passport validity to the US/France/Spain etc, etc .
As I put on an earlier post you can actually stay in the USA on a (British) passport that is up to 6 months out of date. If I can find this info on the web, in a couple of minutes, why can't others ?0 -
Strictly speaking you don't even need a passport to visit Spain or any other EU country for that matter. Just a piece of photographic identification.Only when the last tree has died
and the last river has been poisoned
and the last fish has been caught
will we realise we cannot eat money0 -
The six months myth is perpetuated by some parts of the travel trade.
Because they cannot expect their semi-trained staff (and half their punters) to understand more than one item of information about passports, they say six months.
The self same people who manage to find their way 100 miles to the airport but seem to be incapable of going a couple of hundred yards from the check-in to the aeroplane door on time !!!!0 -
moonrakerz wrote: »I didn't say every country - I just get a bit hacked off reading the drivel about passport validity to the US/France/Spain etc, etc .
As I put on an earlier post you can actually stay in the USA on a (British) passport that is up to 6 months out of date. If I can find this info on the web, in a couple of minutes, why can't others ?
Um no - stay maybe, but you won't get let in in the first place if it's out of date.
What is the case is that if you have an unplanned extended stay AND have a valid visa, your passport will not be a problem for up to 6 months after it expires.
Agree with you about the drivel though0
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