Passport date of expiry
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I’m presuming you have a full British passport and not a travel document or something similar? (Not actually confirmed reading the thread)
You need a valid travel document which satisfactorily establishes your nationality and identity. Your British passport does this providing you complete your journey by midnight on the day it expires.
When travelling abroad some countries require at least 6 months’ passport validity. The UK, for example, doesn’t and purely requires the travel document to be valid for the length of the trip. In your case that is largely irrelevant as you are, I think, a Brit Citizen returning home. You need to confirm that the Bulgarians will accept you but you appear to have done this through TC.
You should be fine even if your return trip is delayed, say, overnight. If it is, All the airline will have to do is call the UK port of arrival to let you travel.
Bearing in mind you’re travelling within the EU and the document is valid you should be fine.
You need a valid travel document which satisfactorily establishes your nationality and identity. Your British passport does this providing you complete your journey by midnight on the day it expires.
When travelling abroad some countries require at least 6 months’ passport validity. The UK, for example, doesn’t and purely requires the travel document to be valid for the length of the trip. In your case that is largely irrelevant as you are, I think, a Brit Citizen returning home. You need to confirm that the Bulgarians will accept you but you appear to have done this through TC.
You should be fine even if your return trip is delayed, say, overnight. If it is, All the airline will have to do is call the UK port of arrival to let you travel.
Bearing in mind you’re travelling within the EU and the document is valid you should be fine.
DanL said:
Sheepshanks said:
They're bound by the same rules - they can't take it upon themselves to restrict movement.
They can, surely, opt not to carry you though? They’re not restricting your freedom of movement - they’re not offering you a service. skinnyman said:
Always baffles me that, "here's an expiry date, but sometimes it 3-6mths earlier". Righto.....
What you should do is get your passport renewed 6 months before expiry— don’t think that you’ve lost 6 months no the expiry of the new passport will be 10 years from he expiry of he old one. kambites said:
Sheepshanks said:
Last day.
Thankyou for the concise answer by the way. But get it changed before you go you’ve still plenty of time to do it. Ball ache yep but hard luck on that
Welshbeef said:
skinnyman said:
Always baffles me that, "here's an expiry date, but sometimes it 3-6mths earlier". Righto.....
What you should do is get your passport renewed 6 months before expiry— don’t think that you’ve lost 6 months no the expiry of the new passport will be 10 years from he expiry of he old one. I don't have time to get a new one now. No way I can make it to Portsmouth (the nearest office) before I leave.
kambites said:
Nine months, but yes in hindsight I should have got it done. I don't have time now but it sounds like it wont be a problem. Worst that happens is I drive down to Sofia to get a temporary travel card things.
I don't have time to get a new one now. No way I can make it to Portsmouth (the nearest office) before I leave.
You'll be fine. Refer them to username xyz in the event of any difficulty.I don't have time to get a new one now. No way I can make it to Portsmouth (the nearest office) before I leave.
kambites said:
Nine months, but yes in hindsight I should have got it done. I don't have time now but it sounds like it wont be a problem. Worst that happens is I drive down to Sofia to get a temporary travel card things.
I don't have time to get a new one now. No way I can make it to Portsmouth (the nearest office) before I leave.
Where abouts are you staying in Bulgaria?I don't have time to get a new one now. No way I can make it to Portsmouth (the nearest office) before I leave.
kambites said:
I guess it'll soon be a moot point but who thought it was a good idea not to offer EU ID cards in the UK.
Me, for one. For a start our entrenched state bureaucracy wouldn't allow them to be just offered. Then there's the question of how much information is stored and how secure it is. Having dealt with some of the nasty, do anything for a quick quid, young, only just above minimum wage tossers at my local council and various job centres over the years I shudder at the thought of ID cards in this country.Pothole said:
kambites said:
I guess it'll soon be a moot point but who thought it was a good idea not to offer EU ID cards in the UK.
Me, for one. For a start our entrenched state bureaucracy wouldn't allow them to be just offered. Then there's the question of how much information is stored and how secure it is. Having dealt with some of the nasty, do anything for a quick quid, young, only just above minimum wage tossers at my local council and various job centres over the years I shudder at the thought of ID cards in this country.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff