Originally Posted by
Aviatrix
As far as I am aware the rule is that your passport needs to be valid for the duration of your intended stay.
There are some countries that have silly rules requiring passports to be valid for several months after your intended return date (never understood those rules!)...
Not
intended stay but the maximum possible stay. So, for example, Italy allows Canadian tourists to stay for 90 days without a visa. So Johnny Canuck might go for a 2 week vacation, fall in love with a babe in Tuscany, and decide to stay for a couple of months instead. No problem, unless his passport expires before they start to argue, and eventually break up.