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I am wanting to go to austria on the 25th of feb returning on 4th march, my passport expires on august the 15th is this ok or does it have to run for 6 months from the date i get back?
Many thanks
Andy
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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andyarmitage, OK as it's eu country I think. Only applies to non-EU passport holders.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Andy , check with the Austrian embassy, when I went away to France my daughter had only two months left but they said as long as it was valid it was ok . But each country is different.
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and if someone tells you that it is OK andyarmitage, get it in writing - a friend of mine was advised by someone at the Czech embassy that her passport did not need to be valid for six months upon return, but the airline would not check her in because her passport was only valid for a month upon return !!!!
My wife ( never wrong ) says that your passport need only be valid for 24hrs upon return from the EU. Please somebody prove her wrong. We're having an 'interesting' evening
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i was under the impression that your passport is valid for travel as long as you are back in the country of issue on the day that it expires. i have heard of people having problems when getting close to the expiration date, but not yet with EU travel. id very much doubt you'd have a problem going to austria with more than a month to spare on your passport after your return date. but to be sure id contact the austrian embassy and get something from them. the check-in witches do hold an awful amount of power unfortunately, if you catch one on a bad day you can have your whole trip ruined.
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thanks all forthat i will check with the austrian embassy great idea many thanks.
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We travelled around Switzerland, Austria and Germany over the summer with just two weeks left on our passport on the day of our return. We had one German passport controller tell us it was going to expire soon and that was it. We did carry around proof of our return date just in case.
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you only need photgraphic ID in EU not necessarily a passport - when we drove to Bratislava we used our Swiss ID rather than passports at the border control and they were fine with that 
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obelix67, true...however the only acceptable form of photo id that is issued in Britain is the passport. Photo driving licences aren't accepted, and we don't [yet] have id cards.
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I think (I'm almost sure, in fact) that the requirement for the validity of a passport to extend for a time after you intend to leave a country is not a general one, but is specific to certain countries (quite a few). It can only apply in those countries which ask you on arrival when you intend to leave. This doesn't happen in EU countries, SFAIK.
It's a strange requirement, is it not? I can sort of understand a country wanting a week or two's grace, but 6 months (not unusual) seems strange, especially since you could renew your passport form overseas in that time, and even more so when yo uneed a visa to enter the place. I suppose it gives immigration services something to do.
I'm not at all sure that the photo ID thing applies to Brits in all EU countires. Interestingly(?), one could travel from UK to the former Yugoslavia without a passport (and use their health service for nothing), although I never tried it.
This
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029390590
is a useful site (and does not suggest any peculiar passport requirement for Austria).
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Elizabeth B, the photo driving licence may not be acceptable here, but it does seem to be acceptable in France.
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A photo driving licence and say a visa card with a photo are acceptable here - if stopped by the police here you need 2 forms of ID, I had my driving licence but my Swiss ID was away getting the licence plate for the car and they accepted the photo ID on the visa card... I dont know if that is official but I got away with it.
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[quote="richmond"]I'm not at all sure that the photo ID thing applies to Brits in all EU countires. Interestingly(?), one could travel from UK to the former Yugoslavia without a passport (and use their health service for nothing), although I never tried it.[/quote]
im fairly certain thats not possible anymore. ive been living in the former yugoslavia (well serbia) for a few years now, and the passport control people here are definately not very relaxed. ive seen more than one person not allowed to leave because their passport was lost/stolen (last time it was a french person trying to leave with just their ID).
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You know it makes sense.
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How about ringing the austrian embassy? or is that too obvious. The number should be easy to be found.
Saves taking the word of the bar room immigration officers and then getting stuck
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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This really annoys me - should the Passport Office issue ten year and six month passports because they are only actually valid for 9 and a half years
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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but that makes the math for the border monkeys that much harder though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Paul Mason, yes, but if you renew 6 months before your old one expires, the new one will last for 10.5 years
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I have just looked on the austrian embassy website on the home page under the heading practical advice for your trip to austria and it says that there are no restrictions on the remaining validity of your passport so long as you leave austria before the expiry date. So it seems it is fine to use it, thanks for all your help i appreciate it.
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Nick_C, a friend noticed while in the check-in queue for her holiday that her passport had actually expired months previously. She pretended she hadn't noticed and when she got to check-in the staff noticed but then phoned ahead to her destination to see if they'd let her in. She didn't have a problem.
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Paul Mason,
Think thats bad.
I just renewed mine but in October I will have to renew again to Biometric Passport so I can go skiiing in the States in Novmember.
There no mention yet from Euro goverments of getting any refund for the 9yrs+ of the passport I have just renewed. PLus these new Bio metric Passports are going to cost a fortune.
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I used to travel from London to Germany with no valid passport / id card. The only people complaining were the airline checkin guys and sometimes the German police, but they always let me through after a while.
I guess it is different now after 9/11. But the problem is just the UK anyway, if I travel from Spain to Germany (or back) I don't have to show my passport to the airport police.
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| cdamian wrote: |
| I used to travel from London to Germany with no valid passport / id card. |
Are you royalty? 
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stanton, your current passport will have cost the same to provide whether you use it for 9 years or 9 months. I suggest you ask the US government for compensation (then you won't need to get a biometric passprt because the US will regard you as a terrorist deviant and refuse to let you in).
cdamian, why did you choose not to carry a passport? It sounds as if you would have saved time by having one.
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Wed 18-01-06 10:25; edited 1 time in total
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Why not just renew the passport now?
The remaining validity will be added to the new 10-year passport. This is a quiet time for the Passport Office so you should get it back quite quickly too.
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