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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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the EU is no more pettily bureaucratic and controlling than the UK, the USA, or anywhere else: every country wants to monitor arrivals and departures, and quite right too. None the less, the EU has relaxed the internal bureaucracy for its member states, but Britain decided to leave and can no longer benefit from it, just as once you resign from any club you lose membership privileges.
I don't know why this needs spelling out.
I don't know why this needs spelling out.
These regulations (and similar others) have been known to travellers to places outside the EU for years. They have also been known to those travelling to the EU since they came into force. Coping with the requirements of foreign travel is straightforward - you simply look up the requirements of the country you are visiting and make sure you comply. I must ask why anybody expected the EU to treat the UK any differently to any other country as far as border control goes.
//People are being denied boarding the aircraft/boat/train for falling foul of this 10 year rule.//
That's their fault. When you travel abroad you have an obligation to familiarise yourself with the requirements of the countries you are visiting.
//People are being denied boarding the aircraft/boat/train for falling foul of this 10 year rule.//
That's their fault. When you travel abroad you have an obligation to familiarise yourself with the requirements of the countries you are visiting.
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