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Old Apr 1, 2016 | 5:23 am
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Originally Posted by flabound
His was issued 9 years ago in December............and the wording says " you need a valid e passport" not you need a passport with a date of...........


he flies Tuesday

the email wasn't from BA it was from US CBP.....................

as to when it was announced I have no idea but to tell anyone on the day of expiry is a bit lame ?
But they have already announced it and I suspect the info is on the BA website. In fact in the pre-flight email i think BA mention passports / visas etc. So always best to check as things can change at any point.

I would actually say there was no obligation on the US CBP to email anyone today and simply decline people at the airport.

I would say he should be grateful that they did.
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