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Important Passport Requirements Now We Are No Longer In The Eu
As the holiday season approaches and you look forward to queuing for many hours at Dover, check that your passport meets the requirements to enter the EU – otherwise you might be enjoying a staycation, admiring the White Cliffs of Dover.
You might look at your passport and see that it is valid for at least 3months after the day you plan to leave; job done – Wrong.
Prior to October 2018 the British Passport Office was in the habit of issuing passports valid for a period longer than 10 years. This was often done where a passport was renewed before the old one had expired.
But when travelling to the EU, your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the EU.
So if your passport was issued prior to October 2018, best check its actual issue date and that you are not travelling to the EU more than 10 years after its issue date.
People are being denied boarding the aircraft/boat/train for falling foul of this 10 year rule.
Just another Brexit benefit to add to the list.
You might look at your passport and see that it is valid for at least 3months after the day you plan to leave; job done – Wrong.
Prior to October 2018 the British Passport Office was in the habit of issuing passports valid for a period longer than 10 years. This was often done where a passport was renewed before the old one had expired.
But when travelling to the EU, your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the EU.
So if your passport was issued prior to October 2018, best check its actual issue date and that you are not travelling to the EU more than 10 years after its issue date.
People are being denied boarding the aircraft/boat/train for falling foul of this 10 year rule.
Just another Brexit benefit to add to the list.
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This has been written about many times in news articles since Brexit. There was confusion with different airlines giving conflicting advice. In Portugal we have been notified about this numerous times. We were also notified what all expats who complied with regulations and were legally resident had to do before the December deadline. Those who had problems were usually those who had not applied for residency when they first came
""The European Union has refused to recognize the importance of borders and the territory defined by them. It has established a trans-national, bureaucratic form of legal order in which laws are not changed or adopted by popular sovereignty but imposed by official decree. It has done this out of the misguided view that borders and nations are a threat to peace. And from the same misguided conception it has insisted on the free movement of peoples around the continent – leading to two enormous demographic crises, namely the loss of young people from Eastern Europe, and the over-crowding of Britain, which is the country where the international language is spoken. The first crisis makes Eastern Europe and the Baltic states indefensible, while the second makes Britain increasingly unliveable, as housing, planning, infrastructure and social identity are all put under unmanageable strain.""
Roger Scruton 27/02/1944- 12/01/2020. Written Nov 17 2016.
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Roger Scruton 27/02/1944- 12/01/2020. Written Nov 17 2016.
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Thanks for that, Togo. I did read it some years ago but had forgotten it in all the excitement.
That short and succinct passage explains perfectly what Remainers will never grasp - that the problems which the EU has created (amply described by Mr Scruton) are far greater than any small advantages that accrue from seamless trade and borderless travel. The EU imposes its dogma by threatening to make life awkward. Having to make sure your passport is no older than ten years is a small price to pay to escape the lunacy. Suggesting that the sole achievements of Brexit are blue passports and crowns on beerglasses simply demonstrates their complete lack of understanding.
All Remainers should read Mr Scruton's "Where we are" essay before dismissing Leavers as Xenophobic Little Englanders.
That short and succinct passage explains perfectly what Remainers will never grasp - that the problems which the EU has created (amply described by Mr Scruton) are far greater than any small advantages that accrue from seamless trade and borderless travel. The EU imposes its dogma by threatening to make life awkward. Having to make sure your passport is no older than ten years is a small price to pay to escape the lunacy. Suggesting that the sole achievements of Brexit are blue passports and crowns on beerglasses simply demonstrates their complete lack of understanding.
All Remainers should read Mr Scruton's "Where we are" essay before dismissing Leavers as Xenophobic Little Englanders.
//You leavers tie yourself up in knots trying to explain the benefits.//
I'm not trying to explain benefits, Zacs. Exactly the opposite; I'm simply explaining that the UK should not expect to be treated any differently to any other "third" country now it is no longer an EU member. I don't know why anybody expects it, why they are surprised when the rules that apply to all other nations are applied to us or where anybody got the idea that it wouldn't happen. Continually bleating about the "horrors" of being treated the same as the other 170-odd normal (i.e. non-EU) countries serves no purpose.
My remark about making life awkward was more a general one rather than specific to the passport issue. The EU's strategy almost throughout its existence (including that of its predecessors) and certainly in the last 30 years or more is to entwine its members so thoroughly that the idea of leaving, or even failing to comply with all the conditions of membership is met with dire warnings of how difficult it will be for the refusniks. The lead up to the referendum and the (far too lengthy) period between then and our eventual departure demonstrated this perfectly.
I'm not trying to explain benefits, Zacs. Exactly the opposite; I'm simply explaining that the UK should not expect to be treated any differently to any other "third" country now it is no longer an EU member. I don't know why anybody expects it, why they are surprised when the rules that apply to all other nations are applied to us or where anybody got the idea that it wouldn't happen. Continually bleating about the "horrors" of being treated the same as the other 170-odd normal (i.e. non-EU) countries serves no purpose.
My remark about making life awkward was more a general one rather than specific to the passport issue. The EU's strategy almost throughout its existence (including that of its predecessors) and certainly in the last 30 years or more is to entwine its members so thoroughly that the idea of leaving, or even failing to comply with all the conditions of membership is met with dire warnings of how difficult it will be for the refusniks. The lead up to the referendum and the (far too lengthy) period between then and our eventual departure demonstrated this perfectly.
I’ve not posted before about this 10 year passport rule for those entering the EU.
The primary purpose of this post was to alert travellers to this requirement that they may not be aware of – if it saves one person having their travel plans ruined, then it would have been worthwhile.
It is interesting to note that the Brexiteers blame the ‘petty EU’ for deliberately making life difficult now we have left the EU.
But the reality of the situation is that they are applying the rules that apply to all third-party country individuals travelling to the EU.
Remember the ‘Leave Campaign’ telling us that there would be no downside for the UK leaving the EU – they lied to you.
As everyone now knows, leaving the EU is an absolute disaster for the UK.
The primary purpose of this post was to alert travellers to this requirement that they may not be aware of – if it saves one person having their travel plans ruined, then it would have been worthwhile.
It is interesting to note that the Brexiteers blame the ‘petty EU’ for deliberately making life difficult now we have left the EU.
But the reality of the situation is that they are applying the rules that apply to all third-party country individuals travelling to the EU.
Remember the ‘Leave Campaign’ telling us that there would be no downside for the UK leaving the EU – they lied to you.
As everyone now knows, leaving the EU is an absolute disaster for the UK.
There is a big difference in being part of the EU and just going there for a holiday gulliver in case you hadn't noticed. There are only a few on here who say about the big queues and it seems they are all remainers. Been there a few times since we left and going again very soon and guess what, no queues or at most not any longer than the usual ones. Going on and on about us leaving will make no difference whatsoever. Get over it and get on with your lives. The rest of us are.
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