Overview

• HM Passport Office has warned UK travellers to review both expiry and issue dates on their passports before booking foreign trips.
• Under post-Brexit conditions, passports issued over ten years ago are invalid for entry to the Schengen area.
• Spain and Cyprus require passports to remain valid for at least three months beyond departure, with Cyprus also mandating a blank page for stamping.
• Turkey enforces a minimum validity of 150 days after arrival and demands at least one unstamped page in the passport.
• Passport renewals cost £94.50 online or £107 by mail, and one in five travellers report needing last-minute renewals to meet entry rules.