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time left on passport
My passport expires in september 2012 i plan to travel to portugal for 1 week in june 2012 must i renew my passport prior to travelling or can i wait until i get back?
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When I went to Turkey, last year, I only had three months left on mine, and they got quite funny about it. I had to give them the address details of where I was staying, and they had to speak to my parents (who lived there at the time) on the phone.
I would contact the travel agent/flight operator you booked it through, just to be safe.
When I went to Turkey, last year, I only had three months left on mine, and they got quite funny about it. I had to give them the address details of where I was staying, and they had to speak to my parents (who lived there at the time) on the phone.
I would contact the travel agent/flight operator you booked it through, just to be safe.
You'll be fine (EU member states require EU passports be valid for the date of entry, although returning to the UK on an expired passport may be a hassle) and you can renew your passport up to 9 months in advance of expiry and have the unexpired period added to the new one e.g. renew in February 2012 for a passport valid til September 2022.
I'm with Berrant on this - there is no disadvantage in you not renewing now because the renewal date will be September 2022 anyway.
Who knows what will happen before then - civil servants go on strike again because of the whining about pension, peak loads slow the renewal timescale down and you might need the passport back quickly, Government randomly increases the cost of a new passport.
Why hang around?
Who knows what will happen before then - civil servants go on strike again because of the whining about pension, peak loads slow the renewal timescale down and you might need the passport back quickly, Government randomly increases the cost of a new passport.
Why hang around?