Will the Passport be valid?

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Can someone please help?

My colleague is travelling to Germany between 16th and 21st January but their passport expires on 20th March. I was under the impression it had to be valid for 3 whole months but they seem unsure.

Going to try and ring passport office later but was hoping one of you lovely lot could answer it sooner for me

Thanks (and merry christmas)

Me x

dzug1

If it is a British/EU passport then it just has to be valid when he travels.

3 months is probably for (some) non-Eu passports if it applies at all

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

TY for that

Do you by any chance have the link for the data so I can provide it to him?

Thanks

Me x

Heliflyguy

Google and 3 clicks later...

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

HXDave

Most travel agents will normally tell you to have 6 months on your passport basically just to make sure you check that the passport is in date, even though there are very few countries in our region that require it.

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

Heliflyguy wrote: »

Google and 3 clicks later...

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

I did google it before asking on here and found contradictory answers. I saw the above, but then saw one that said 3 months / 6 months

So trying to find out which is right

Heliflyguy

Ok then to corroborate my post this is up to date info that airlines and agents would use to check visa requirements.

TIMATIC-3 / 22DEC10 / 1159 UTC
NATIONAL UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN) (GB)
DESTINATION GERMANY (DE)
VISA DESTINATION GERMANY (DE)
...... NORMAL PASSPORTS ONLY ......
PASSPORT REQUIRED.
- PASSPORTS AND/OR PASSPORT REPLACING DOCUMENTS MUST BE VALID FOR THE PERIOD OF INTENDED STAY.
- PASSPORTS MUST BE SIGNED BY THE BEARER. HOWEVER,
>TIDFT/DE/PA/VA/ID39038
PASSPORT EXEMPTIONS:
>TIPN·

jammin_2

mommyme wrote: »

Do you by any chance have the link for the data so I can provide it to him?

EU_Directive_2004/38/EC,_§5(1) wrote:

Without prejudice to the provisions on travel documents applicable to national border controls,
Member States shall grant Union citizens leave to enter their territory with a valid identity card or
passport and shall grant family members who are not nationals of a Member State leave to enter
their territory with a valid passport.

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2004:158:0077:0123:EN:PDF