Passport advice - urgent! - SV650.org

04-01-08, 04:50 PM

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04-01-08, 05:01 PM

IIRC, you can board a domestic flight with only a driving license for ID (any picture ID will suffice, I think) but I think a EU passport is needed to fly out of the UK.

I've gone to my local passport office and collected one on the same day but that was a while ago and during the week. Sorry I can't be more positive and gutted for your mate if that's the case.

04-01-08, 05:05 PM

http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?...=1013618385929

"Passport validity

All British passport holders require a valid passport. There is no minimum passport validity requirement but you should ensure that your passport is valid for the proposed period of your stay"

I thought you just needed a photo driving licence too!

Check the airline website/ring the airline.....

Luckypants · 04-01-08, 05:06 PM

In theory yes, but in practice unlikely. Easy-Jet for instance state you must have a passport as id, even for internal flights. tossers!

04-01-08, 05:06 PM

free snowboarding trip.....? Oohh!

04-01-08, 05:11 PM

i have a passport............... i can come instead

Richie · 04-01-08, 05:13 PM

tell him to ring these people...

be warned it £1.50 per minute.

04-01-08, 05:14 PM

have you tried getting a new passport issued urgently? He might not make the flight, but perhaps he can change the flight to a later one/the next day and still make some of the holiday?
http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/apply-urgent.asp

Otherwise I suggest he spends the whole night turning his house upside-down!

PS. from experience I think he'd have more luck winging it on the coach than at the airport

04-01-08, 05:33 PM

Derail sorry

Im heading up on sunday. Its snowing a lot in the hills and should be a great week end for it. Its dropped about a meter in ther last few days. Suppose to be sunny on sunday and getting better next week

04-01-08, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rubberduckofdeath

Thanks dude.

We're going with Surrey Uni. Coaches are driving to France tonight and some people (us), are flying tomorrow morning. He's got a 6yr old passport, apparently you can travel to France on a passport that's less than 5yrs old

I thought that UK passports were valid for 10 years. Am I wrong?

04-01-08, 04:50 PM	#1
rubberduckofdeath Guest Posts: n/a	Passport advice - urgent! . Last edited by rubberduckofdeath; 05-01-12 at 08:16 PM.

04-01-08, 05:01 PM	#2
glsuk1970 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Passport advice - urgent! IIRC, you can board a domestic flight with only a driving license for ID (any picture ID will suffice, I think) but I think a EU passport is needed to fly out of the UK. I've gone to my local passport office and collected one on the same day but that was a while ago and during the week. Sorry I can't be more positive and gutted for your mate if that's the case.

04-01-08, 05:05 PM	#3
Kinvig Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Passport advice - urgent! http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?...=1013618385929 "Passport validity All British passport holders require a valid passport. There is no minimum passport validity requirement but you should ensure that your passport is valid for the proposed period of your stay" I thought you just needed a photo driving licence too! Check the airline website/ring the airline.....

04-01-08, 05:06 PM	#4
Luckypants Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nr Ruthin Posts: 7,079	Re: Passport advice - urgent! In theory yes, but in practice unlikely. Easy-Jet for instance state you must have a passport as id, even for internal flights. tossers! __________________ "Your Viffer sounds like it is raising hell! Spot on." - Witchery 17/4/08 Snow Plough Appreciation Society - Member #3

04-01-08, 05:06 PM	#5
Kinvig Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Passport advice - urgent! free snowboarding trip.....? Oohh!

04-01-08, 05:11 PM	#6
hovis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Passport advice - urgent! i have a passport............... i can come instead

04-01-08, 05:13 PM	#7
Richie fantabulas Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nr Durham Posts: 4,940	Re: Passport advice - urgent! tell him to ring these people... be warned it £1.50 per minute. __________________ My Flickr photos

04-01-08, 05:14 PM	#8
Fizzy Fish Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Passport advice - urgent! have you tried getting a new passport issued urgently? He might not make the flight, but perhaps he can change the flight to a later one/the next day and still make some of the holiday? http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/apply-urgent.asp Otherwise I suggest he spends the whole night turning his house upside-down! PS. from experience I think he'd have more luck winging it on the coach than at the airport Last edited by Fizzy Fish; 04-01-08 at 05:17 PM.

04-01-08, 05:33 PM	#9
redbouy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Passport advice - urgent! Derail sorry Im heading up on sunday. Its snowing a lot in the hills and should be a great week end for it. Its dropped about a meter in ther last few days. Suppose to be sunny on sunday and getting better next week

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