passport validity on ryanair flights

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In general EU countries only require your passport to be valid for the period of your visit. Specifics for countries can be found on the FCO Website

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moonrakerz wrote: »

Here's mine :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/259/passport_visa/Europe/Spain.html

Trumped by

http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/europe/spain?ta=entryRequirements&pg=4#

dzug1

!!!!!! wrote: »

In general EU countries only require your passport to be valid for the period of your visit. Specifics for countries can be found on the FCO Website

True - but the FCO website has been known to be wrong.....

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dzug1 wrote: »

True - but the FCO website has been known to be wrong.....

That can be said about any website. The only definitive answer is from the relevant embassy and not what an airline or website think

In this case the Spanish Consulate and the FCO agree.

ShockingPink

I flew to Spain with EasyJet last year. At checkin the girl asked if I knew my passport would expire a month later. It wasn't a problem, she was just letting me know as a courtesy.

Heliflyguy

Here's mine (again) probably wouldnt get accepted by the airline though.

NATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN) (GB)
DESTINATION SPAIN (ES)
VISA DESTINATION SPAIN (ES)
...... NORMAL PASSPORTS ONLY ......
PASSPORT REQUIRED.
- PASSPORT AND/OR PASSPORT REPLACING DOCUMENTS MUST BE VALID
FOR THE PERIOD OF INTENDED STAY.
- EXPIRED PASSPORTS (MAX. 1 YEAR) ISSUED TO BRITISH SUBJECTS
ARE ACCEPTED, PROVIDED HOLDING PASSPORT ENDORSED ¤BRITISH
CITIZEN¤.

moonrakerz

Actually, the last two times I have been to Spain the Immigration desks weren't even manned !

The cause of all this confusion (if I can Google it, or search MSE, why can't others ?????) is that one or two countries do require 3 or 6 months on your passport (why ???), then to cover themselves the travel agents and tour companies say six months is a requirement for everywhere.
It wasn't helped by the fact that a few years ago the USA agreed with some counties (UK included) that an (up to 6 months) expired passport would be accepted, in some cases, for entry/stay in the USA - and like many things on MSE some people read this via a fourth hand report and got it the wrong way round !!!

korky69

confused now!
my passport expires 7th dec
i travel to canaries a non EU country on 25th aug for a week, will be just 3 over months left on return.
travel to majorca, in the EU on the 20th sept when there will be under 2 months left.
will i be ok? dont want to renew yet as its money i could use elsewhere plus i wont probably use it again until next jul/aug

System

Although not in the EU, the Canaries are Spanish and passport validity for Spain applies I.E. only needs to be valid for the period of your visit.

ETA

From Spanish Consulate page
"Passports of all these countries (including UK passports) are valid to visit or stay in SPAIN up to the last day of their validity."

Heliflyguy

Unless you talking about another Canary islands, and they are part of the EU.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands