Passport

ooh_aah

Wanting to save money by not renewing my passport this year!

My passport issue date is 17/12/14 and expiry date is 17/12/24.

We go to Tenerife 27/6/24 and return 5/7/24.

So, I am with 10 years of issue on return which is fine. What I am confused with is the rules regarding the expiry date.

It appears for Spain we return within 3 months of expiry which is ok, however UK rules suggest renewal is needed if date of return is within 6 months...

Can anyone confirm if I need to renew in advance of travel or will I be ok?

Thanks in advance.

Caz3121

ooh_aah said:

It appears for Spain we return within 3 months of expiry which is ok, however UK rules suggest renewal is needed if date of return is within 6 months...

not sure where you are finding 6 months but UK site is here 

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

Your passport must be:

• issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the country (check the ‘date of issue’)
• valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave (check the ‘expiry date’)
  

sheramber

6 months validity applies to specific countries. Spain is not one of them.

mexican_dave

This issue is made more complicated as now some airlines are inventing their own passport rules. So that while your passport might comply with destination country requirements, the airline might have different requirements in their Terms & Conditions. I understand BA now require passports to have one full year remaining on the passport. I reckon this is to make it easier for thier staff to work-out if passport is valid, in an attempt to prevent BA inadvertently breaking immigration rules, for which BA (and all airlines) can be fined, at least for flights into the UK. So another route to make honest people lives more difficult/stressful!

eskbanker

mexican_dave said:

I understand BA now require passports to have one full year remaining on the passport.

Do you have any reliable sources for that?

It's not mentioned at the obvious place for any such restriction to be specified:

https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/passports-visas-and-api

jimi_man

mexican_dave said:

This issue is made more complicated as now some airlines are inventing their own passport rules. So that while your passport might comply with destination country requirements, the airline might have different requirements in their Terms & Conditions. I understand BA now require passports to have one full year remaining on the passport. I reckon this is to make it easier for thier staff to work-out if passport is valid, in an attempt to prevent BA inadvertently breaking immigration rules, for which BA (and all airlines) can be fined, at least for flights into the UK. So another route to make honest people lives more difficult/stressful!

This is not true. BA are quite specific in their rules which are contained in the post above. You are correct that BA and other airlines can be fined for for breaking immigration rules however they don’t require one year’s validity on a passport. They advise checking the conditions for the country you’re entering (wise) and that you have the required amount of time left which they cite as often ‘three to six’ months. This is contained in more detail on the relevant Gov website. But the one year’s validity is false. 

eDicky

mexican_dave said:

I understand BA now require passports to have one full year remaining on the passport.

Pull the other leg Dave...

mexican_dave

mexican_dave said:

I understand BA now require passports to have one full year remaining on the passport.

Pull the other leg Dave...

Sorry, my source was one of the Travel writers in the Telegraph newspaper, they were quite agitated about this issue and named BA. I have read BAs T&C's myself and I can't find it!! Sorry again to be alarmist - lesson learned.