On Thu, 15 May 2008 22:06:18 +0100, John Geddes
wrote:
>I am trying to work out whether my wife's UK passport (expiry October)
>will be OK for a holiday in France in August.
>
>Several sites say that France require a passport with three months'
>validity beyond the end of the stay.
>
>BUT a note at
>http://travel.excite.co.uk/travel/guides/europe/france/PassportVisaRequirements
>says that passports are not required by "EU nationals holding a valid
>national ID card. Note: EU nationals are only required to produce
>evidence of their EU nationality and identity in order to be admitted to
>any EU Member State."
>
>Now, UK does not (yet) have ID cards. But if I rely on the second part
>of the note, then a UK passport (even if it only has a few days to run)
>would look to qualify as it does prove "evidence of their EU nationality".
>
>So does that mean we'd be OK?
>
>And how about our daughter (15), who is included on my wife's passport?
>
>Can anyone point me toward comprehensive information - or a suggestion
>of a contact in the French immigration service?
You should be contact the people who issue the passports in UK.
>
>Once, one wouldn't think twice about when to renew a passport, but with
>the monstrous passport fees now demanded it makes quite a difference: if
>we wouldn't otherwise be going until next year, renewing my wife's
>passport, and buying a new child passport for my daughter a year earlier
>that necessary would cost us nearly GBP16.
The amount you have left is credited.
http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/apply.asp
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Martin
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