Passport nearing expiry

Manxman_in_exile

I live in the UK but hold a British Islands: Isle of Man passport which expires on 19 Feb 2018.


We're travelling to Italy in October and probably Amsterdam in December. Do I need to renew it now or will it still be valid? (ie do you need 6 months on it?)


I know it's on the FCO part of gov.uk but can't find it.


Thanks

Geoff1963

I'd get it done now, whatever the legal advice.

lammy82

Your passport should be valid for the proposed duration of your stay; you do not need any additional period of validity on your passport beyond this.

Ref:

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

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

peachyprice

No, you don't need to, your passport is valid within the EU until the day it expires.

Manxman_in_exile

Thank you lammy.


I had actually found those two links but I'd misunderstood the bit about not needing any "additional period of validity". I understand now.

photome

You dont need to, but you get up to months added on anyway so as you are within 9 months, no harm in replacing it

Geoff1963

I collected a passport, 24 hours before my train left St Pancras ; I wouldn't want to be trying to get back after some emergency, with only 24 hours left.

Voyager2002

Geoff1963 wrote: »

I collected a passport, 24 hours before my train left St Pancras ; I wouldn't want to be trying to get back after some emergency, with only 24 hours left.

Yes, but one can travel within the EU with an expired passport.

peachyprice

Geoff1963 wrote: »

I collected a passport, 24 hours before my train left St Pancras ; I wouldn't want to be trying to get back after some emergency, with only 24 hours left.

As above, you can travel homewards on an expired passport, even one with '24 hours' left. In fact as a passport is not required for travel within the EU, it's only because the UK was too paranoid to have ID cards that we need one, no other EU members need to take their passports with them when travelling within the bloc, you could still use an expired passport to leave the UK if the airlines/ferries would let you.

photome

Geoff1963 wrote: »

I collected a passport, 24 hours before my train left St Pancras ; I wouldn't want to be trying to get back after some emergency, with only 24 hours left.

I thought you could return to the UK on an expired British passport from anywhere.

What's the alternative

Geoff1963

Thanks for the reassurances about returning, I didn't know that.