New Passport

smudge56

After 5 weeks it can be upgraded for an extra fee if travelling within two weeks and expedited its been in for over 10 weeks (free upgrade)

TELLIT01

rufford155 said:

Earlier this year I'm sure MSE reported that, for the EU post-Brexit, passports should have been issued less than 9 years and 9 months before the day of leaving the EU, but this seems to have been wrong.
Now the rule MSE states is that passports should be less than 10 years old on the day you enter AND valid for at least three months after the day you leave, that is TWO SEPARATE criteria.
Can anyone please confirm that their understanding is the same?
It's tempting to think these rules have been drafted deliberately to confuse us!

That is my understanding of the rules.  The validity of the return date is more than 3 months from the expiry date shown on the passport which confuses the issue even further.  I think it's that element which has caused so much confusion with airline check in.

It would have made far more sense if all the rules tied in with the passport issue date.  Sadly that's far too simple.