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Re: Brexit
Mentioned earlier in this thread, but reminder for anyone who has less than six months to expiry on their current passport, or carried over some months from their previous passport (in my case, I renewed my passport in May 2009*, but the expiry date was September 2019 because of the previous passport's expiry date of September 2009); the expiry date on your current passport will be 10 years after the issue date.
https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-mi...snt-sf-twitter
Quote:
Millions of UK holidaymakers have been warned they need to renew their passports by tomorrow or face being barred from entering several European countries under a no-deal Brexit.
Up to 3.5 million people risk falling foul of rules for entering countries in the Schengen zone, such as France, Spain and Italy, according to consumer group Which?.
The rules state that visitors from non-EU countries must have at least six months left on their passport before its expiry date on the day of travel.
Until recently, UK citizens who renewed their passport before it expired could have up to nine months of the remaining validity added to their new travel document.
The government has warned that this time carried over will not count towards the six-month requirement if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.
This would mean some people with up to 15 months left on their passport could be denied entry to many popular destinations on the continent, as they would lose any time carried over from their previous passport.
Which? noted that Friday will be three weeks before the UK is due to leave the EU on 29 March, which is the time it takes for passports to arrive after a standard renewal application.
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*I needed to have more than six months left on my passport to travel to India in 2009
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