Noddy, forgetting the fact that I have already addressed this several times in this thread, forgetting the fact that no one is really going anywhere these days, and forgetting the fact that that many countries have waived this and will contribute to do so, according to IATA, these are the countries that have such a regulation :
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Burundi
- China
- Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Ecuador (including Galápagos Islands)
- French Polynesia
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Of these at least 5 require US citizens to have a visa.... If the visa is valid you can travel until your passport is essentially expired, or even travel out on a new passport (I have done to at least two) So this 6 month thing goes out the window. There are a further five that I have traveled to many times, two many many times with passports expiring with very little time on them left. It also really has to do with what you look like, a "business" looking man on a trip to Singapore for a short trip with a month left on his passport does not get a second look or mention (at least by Singaporean passport officials, check in personnel might me another matter) . A backpacker gets sent..... Packing..... So while I am sure that Belize and Honduran officials use this regularly to scare and extort money from travelers, this has never been a big issue and even less so in recent days. My advice stands.