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Torygraph does not have a paywall, just a limit on free articles. The Times articles on the other hand would be handy to be cut & pasted.

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Heads up for anyone going on holiday or work in the EU (except Ireland) and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland after March 2019, if we have a "no deal" Brexit - you will need to have six months left on your passport at the end of your travel, whereas currently you don’t.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/passport...e-after-brexit

This is neither pro or anti-Brexit, just trying to help people before the rush in April/May (if we have a ‘no deal’ Brexit when people realise they will need to get a passport sooner than they thought*).

*me, for instance, as up to today I thought my passport, which expires in October 19, would cover me for Barcelona in May, Italy in June, and Cyprus in September.

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Will it be a different kind of passport as we will no longer be in the EU?
If so is there a version ready to be printed.

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The blue ones aren’t coming out until October when the new contract for their production starts. I believe in the interim the burgundy one will be supplied without the words EUROPEAN UNION on the top. That in itself is a win for me.

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Well, it's up to the passport holder (self responsibility and all that) - probably just fine you as you leave the country, or as you enter Switzerland, will be asked how long you are there for - if it's a couple of days, and you only have 6 months and a day left on your passport, probably won't let you in.

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If we leave with no deal i've got the paperwork ready to get an Irish passport.

They have said that they have had a massive increase in applications for both nationality & passports from people outside Ireland and are looking for volunteers to help cope with the deluge of applications.

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Just stick a Guinness label over the old one.

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:D :D :D

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Remember to dress in green and have a pig tucked under your arm as you pass through the control station. :D

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Your fantasies shouldn’t be shared online...;)

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Forgive me but what a lot of hysterical nonsense. Do you really travel that often, that urgently or at such short notice that a British passport is going to be such an inconvenience to you at Calais or Malaga or wherever? You have to show your passport when you arrive at an external Schengen border already. When a plane from Heathrow lands at Paris CDG almost everyone getting off it currently goes to the EU passport queue and the non-EU queue is almost empty. On 30 March the two queues will swap and the net difference will be close to zero.

I too am entitled to an Irish passport ... I won’t be applying for one.

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Well, my British passport has expired, so I thought I might as well get an Irish one as those with an EU passport are usually waved through IIRC.

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People from non-visa countries are waved through pretty quickly as well.

Just don’t forget that once you’re traveling on an Irish passport you need the Irish embassy to help you out if you need consular assistance while traveling, particularly if your passport is lost or stolen. Don’t be fooled by the large number of honorary consuls appointed around the world by the Irish government. Most of them are unpaid and can’t deal with passport/visa issues. In terms of actual embassies, consulates and high commissions with the ability to render useful assistance, the U.K. has many more.

I have first hand family experience of having to deal with a foreign embassy due to a lost passport on holiday. IMO it really isn’t worth it just to make a political statement or to save a couple of minutes at immigration.

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Interesting to know this, thanks Chris. It might not be worth it to save a bit of time at the airport in case something goes wrong.

There isn't that much difference in price either, a UK passport costs £75.50 (if done online) and an Irish one works out at £70.02.