You might find that an airline won't let you board if there's less than six months on your passport.
I read about a case of this recently - Ryanair or easyJet, can't remember which. They were in the wrong, I think, but that didn't get the lady onto the plane!
You certainly need a passport to get back into the UK from a European destination
errrm - you don't actually provided you have some other form if ID...
we brought a fellow traveller back from Mexico via Madrid to Heathrow after a mountain bike trip - he "lost" his passport while packing when pissed (turned up inside his washbag when he got home!) - we were certain LHR would stop him getting in but all the Passport Officer wanted was 5 mins doing some checks - was only interested to know if he had a criminal record and was wanted by the plods......let him through with no hassle
What I probably should have said is that they do check passports coming back from EU destinations. Whilst this guy got back in after 5 mins of security checks it would lead to awfully long queues if everyone needed 5 mins of checks rather than the 10 second walk by passport check.
MrGFB's passport ran out this year....we did quite a bit of travelling (1 time in NY, 3 x Lanza, 15 x England)...for the NY he had to have 6 months, for LZ it was 3 months.
Spain always used to demand six months validity but they were the only European destination that did - but I haven't worked in the industry for three years.
If you think you can or you think you can't you're probably right.
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you in theory dont need a pasport for the EU
States need 6 months to go though
can you call us from Calais if I am wrong please
Damn - need a new one now.
You might find that an airline won't let you board if there's less than six months on your passport.
I read about a case of this recently - Ryanair or easyJet, can't remember which. They were in the wrong, I think, but that didn't get the lady onto the plane!
errrm - you don't actually provided you have some other form if ID...
we brought a fellow traveller back from Mexico via Madrid to Heathrow after a mountain bike trip - he "lost" his passport while packing when pissed (turned up inside his washbag when he got home!) - we were certain LHR would stop him getting in but all the Passport Officer wanted was 5 mins doing some checks - was only interested to know if he had a criminal record and was wanted by the plods......let him through with no hassle
Sezz is FF telling you you can't go to the Christmas market coz your passport is about to run out? Is this a champagne avoidence tactic?