Changes to UK travel requirements to EU from 01Jan2021

[Tipsy252]

For those of us  from the UK, some information I just found regarding passports and travel to Europe from the Gov.UK website:

 

Travel to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein will change from 1 January 2021.

Things you may need to do before you go include:

• check your passport
• get travel insurance that covers your healthcare
• check you have the right driving documents

Passports: check if you need to renew

You may need to renew your British passport earlier if you’re travelling from 1 January 2021.

On the day you travel, you’ll need your passport to both:

• have at least 6 months left
• be less than 10 years old (even if it has 6 months or more left)

If you do not renew your passport, you may not be able to travel to most EU countries and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

You can check on Gov.UK whether your passport is valid for the country you’re visiting.

I just found out that my passport is no longer valid for travel to EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland after 01 Jan 2021. Would hate for anyone to get to the airport or port and be stopped as their passport was not valid!

[upwarduk]

My grand daughter renewed her passport in September. Took 10 days.

They must have cleared the backlog created by the Spring lock down.