Originally Posted by
Fatpenguin
Hope someone can help, my wife was denied boarding this morning travelling to Greece. Her passport was issued 6th August 2015 but is valid until 6th December 2025. We should return 1st June.
we read it that it had to be issued less than 10 years ago and had to have 3 months validity, which it has, should she have been denied boarding?
Sadly fallen fowl of the extended time adding to passport expiry dates. The EU doesn’t follow these and so the passport will expire on 6 August 2025 and needs 3 months validity for travel to the EU so sadly she was denied boarding correctly.
A bif of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted but covered on Martin Lewis’ programme this week.
Your wife isn’t the first and won’t be the last, Online renewals quicker and cheaper