Britons traveling abroad this summer may be barred from border checks. Passport expiration rules often trap tourists, as many travel destinations require your passport to be valid for three to six months.
That means if your passport expires in January 2024, you may not be able to travel as of July 2023. This regulation is particularly important if you still have an old red passport that has not been issued since Brexit.
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This means that all red passports will expire in the coming years. While thousands of people can still use their red passports if they are in the past, be sure to check their expiration dates and reports Liverpool-Echo.
accordingly VisaGuide. Welt There are 70 countries that have a six-month passport validity rule, while another 41 countries apply the three-month passport validity rule.
Countries with a six-month or three-month passport rule
All red passports will expire in the coming years(Picture: PA)
70 countryThere is a six-month passport rule:
Most of these countries are spread across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America.
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Samoa, Algeria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Anguilla, Iraq, Singapore, Bahrain, Israel, Solomon Islands, Bhutan, Jordan, Somalia, Botswana, Kenya, Somaliland, British Virgin Islands, Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Laos, Sudan, Cambodia, Madagascar, Suriname, Cameroon, Malaysia, Taiwan, Cayman Islands, Marshall Islands, Tanzania, Central African Republic, Micronesia, Thailand, Chad, Myanmar, East Timor, Comoros, Namibia, Tokelau, Ivory Coast, Nicaragua, Tonga, Curacao, Nigeria, Tuvalu , Ecuador, Oman, Uganda, Egypt, Palau, United Arab Emirates, El Salvador, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Equatorial Guinea, Philippines, Venezuela, Fiji, Qatar, Vietnam, Gabon, Rwanda, Yemen and Guinea-Bissau, Saint Lucia, Zimbabwe and Guyana.
The 41 countries with a three-month passport rule:
Most of these countries are located across Europe, some are located in Oceania, South America and the Middle East.
Albania, Lithuania, Austria, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Malta, Belarus, Moldova, Belgium, Monaco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Nauru, Estonia, Netherlands, Finland, New Zealand, France, North Macedonia, Georgia, Norway, Germany, Panama, Greece, Poland, Honduras, Portugal, Iceland, Senegal, Italy, Slovakia, Jordan, Slovenia, Kuwait, Spain, Latvia, Sweden, Lebanon, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Passport validity rules often surprise tourists(Photo: PA)
Countries with different validity rules:
Bermuda: 45 days Eritrea: 3 months Hong Kong: 3 months Lebanon: 3 months Macau: 3 months Micronesia: 4 months South Africa: 3 months Maldives: 3 months Zambia: 4 months after arrival
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2023-07-16 02:02:52
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