Passport Requirements Help please.

Can anyone advise me do you need to have a valid UK passport with six months unexpired if you are visiting the USA. I am visiting New York in May for a week. My passport expires in September, but I need to you it before May so I won%26#39;t have time to renew it.

Anybody know the answer. Many thanks for your help.

Passport Requirements Help please.

Bootle you will need to renew your passport right away! You can renew your passport online, this is quite quick method. You need your passport to be at least 6 full months in date,on your return to the UK. If you do not renew, you are only leaving 4 months %26amp; this will not be accepted.

Passport Requirements Help please.

Nets is right, you will need a new passport. Although I thought it was a year for travelling to the US and 6 months in the EU?

Two years ago I booked a last minute deal to go to Greece. My passport only had 3 months left on it and I didnt realise until 2 weeks before that it had to have 6 months left on it. I applied straight away and the Post Office now for an extra fee will check all your documents to make sure they are correct before you send them away. I got my new passport within a week. I know that you can go through to the passport office and get a passport that day. I think its a very long day though.

The whole passport thing is getting more and more difficult. You might want to look at this link (from British Airways):

britishairways.com/travel/鈥n_gb

It seems like you cannot go wrong by getting a new machine readable passport before you travel.

Bootle

The way security has changed these passed few years. You would be wise in obtaining a new passport. Travel can be stressful at times, why make it even more.

Don%26#39;t know if it applies to the UK but according to the Embassy%26#39;s site here the 6 month rule is waived for Irish citizens, it needs to be valid on arrival and you need to renew it with a consul if it expires when you%26#39;re there.

Hi

How often do you need to use it? My husband got his back within a week.

If you are worried about renewing it too early, they add up to nine months onto the 10 years it is valid for so if you renew it now you will not loose any time.

K

See this 鈥sembassy.gov/ireland/passport_validity.html

It says the extended validity applied to the UK too so no need to renew it before you travel provided it%26#39;s machine readable.

Thank you all for taking the trouble to reply. I think the answer seems to be renew it straight away!

I agree Nets, travel is stressful, may as well have a quiet life.

If need be you can book an appointment with your nearest passport office and turn up and get your passport there and then. you may have to stay there for a while, while it is being processed but you will get it renewed the same day. think it may be more expensive but when you are on that plane headed back to england because you were refused entry you will find you would have paid anything to get it!!!! check on the official passport website, the details were all there last time i looked.

Hi

I had the same problem on my son%26#39;s passport. This no longer applies, you do not need 6 months, just a valid passport for the period of your stay.

However if you wish to renew it regardless, use the Post Office checking service, it takes about two weeks, but has been less when I have used it in the past. Costs more, but worth it.

Regards

C