I couldn't understand what was going on for ages because no one was helping me." "They just escorted me and said 'we're taking your suitcase off the plane, you have to wait three hours and you'll be able to get it'," she said. She was told by airline staff her passport had expired and was refused entry to the plane. "I thought, 'what is happening, am I being arrested?'" "I'm in that tunnel between the boarding gate and the plane, and they said 'get that girl she can't fly'. I'd gone through security, I've had my passport checked there, I've gone into departures and I'm boarding," Anna recalled. She had seven months to go until the expiry date, so thought she was travelling well within the guidelines. London-based Anna told ITV News how she went through all the relevant security checks at Luton Airport before she was turned away in the airplane tunnel, seconds before she was about to board her flight.Īnna, who was flying to Croatia on a family holiday earlier in July, had checked the online government guidance in advance and read she needed a minimum of three months left on her passport. Some passengers are only learning their passport is invalid when boarding their flight. With the school summer holidays starting this week, travel experts and business owners are advising travellers to familiarise themselves with the rules and check their passports are valid. Many Brits will have older passports that are valid for up to 10 years and nine months, meaning they could be unwittingly attempting to travel using invalid documents. Many travellers are aware of the rule that their passport must be valid for at least three months after the date they intend to return home.īut British passport-holders may be unaware of the rule that in order to enter any EU country, their passport validity must not exceed 10 years. Since the UK left the European Union (EU), passport rules for British visitors have tightened up.īut many travellers may still be unaware of the fine-print, and find themselves surprised to be turned away at boarding gates. By ITV News Content Producer Elisa MenendezĪ little-known post- Brexit passport rule change is leaving Brits unable to attend family weddings and holidaymakers out of pocket to the tune of hundreds - and sometimes thousands - of pounds.
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