Passport question - ryanair

dseventy

Hi

I am travelling to Greece on 7th August for 7 days and my passport runs out on October 21st.

The foreign office website states :

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece/entry-requirements

For stays of up to three months your passport should be valid for the proposed duration of your stay. You don’t need any additional period of validity on your passport beyond this

So I should be fine. Though I note that some travel packages ask for more than this.

Does anyone anticipate any issues with check in and ryanair?

Thanks

InsideInsurance

Unlikely to be any though of cause occasionally any airline check in staff can decide to become awkward and challenge immigration status/ rights etc.

malcumms7898

If your passport is valid then it is valid. If they were going to refuse it before the expiry date then there is no point having an expiry date really, it would just be down to an individual's opinion as to whether it was too close to the expiry. On the other hand, you might get a few more questions at immigration control, or have the person check out your passport in closer detail, but it shouldn't really prevent you from travelling. Greece is in the EU, so in all likelihood most border controls won't look at your passport in that much detail anyway - just check the picture is you. They may not even notice the expiry date.

benjus

malcumms7898 wrote: »

If your passport is valid then it is valid. If they were going to refuse it before the expiry date then there is no point having an expiry date really, it would just be down to an individual's opinion as to whether it was too close to the expiry.

Nevertheless, some countries DO have a policy that a passport must be valid for 6 months later than the date of travel.

It's not relevant to this particular case as it doesn't apply within the EU, but occasionally some airline staff get confused and think the 6 month thing applies universally.

The OP isn't asking about issues at immigration - they have already researched that point and correctly concluded that there will not be any issues. There is a very small chance of getting an airline employee who is confused about the rules, but I don't think it's anything to seriously worry about - just ask them to double check with their supervisor if necessary. Ryanair will already have your passport details, including expiry date, before you fly, so I can't see why it would suddenly become an issue at the airport.

Oli.s

You would be best advised to ring Ryan air now and ask them, you have time to get a new one if needs be. Your aware of a potential problem so act now to confirm or negate there is a problem and then resolve it. No point in not making a simple phone call to check and then featuring on the next episode of airline arguing the toss with the check in staff because you didn't check...lol

benjus

Oli.s wrote: »

You would be best advised to ring Ryan air now and ask them, you have time to get a new one if needs be. Your aware of a potential problem so act now to confirm or negate there is a problem and then resolve it. No point in not making a simple phone call to check and then featuring on the next episode of airline arguing the toss with the check in staff because you didn't check...lol

What's the point? The OP has already checked the immigration requirements for their destination and there is no issue. The Ryanair call centre will either confirm this or tell the OP to go away and research it themselves. Ryanair's T&C state only that the ID used for travel must be valid for the destination and not be expired. The ONLY potential issue is a Ryanair employee who doesn't know what they are doing, and no advance phone call is going to solve that.

Oli.s

benjus wrote: »

What's the point? The OP has already checked the immigration requirements for their destination and there is no issue. The Ryanair call centre will either confirm this or tell the OP to go away and research it themselves. Ryanair's T&C state only that the ID used for travel must be valid for the destination and not be expired. The ONLY potential issue is a Ryanair employee who doesn't know what they are doing, and no advance phone call is going to solve that.

The point is that the op has indeed checked it out him/her self and come up with an answer, however still felt concerned enough, despite having as you point out researched it, to post here asking for further opinion.

For the sake of a short phone call for more reassurance I'd just make the call. Some would, some wouldn't, the o asked for opinion, he / she got some and can go decide for him / herself.

Voyager2002

Oli.s wrote: »

You would be best advised to ring Ryan air now and ask them, you have time to get a new one if needs be. Your aware of a potential problem so act now to confirm or negate there is a problem and then resolve it. No point in not making a simple phone call to check and then featuring on the next episode of airline arguing the toss with the check in staff because you didn't check...lol

Disagree.

For a start, contacting Ryanair is notoriously difficult and expensive, so this would not be a simple matter. And in any case, the OP has researched the legal position and so is entitled to assume that her documentation is adequate, unless the Ryanair website clearly says something to the contrary. Of course, someone at the airport might make a mistake, but it is more likely that whoever answers the telephone will make a mistake.