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Brit tourist's dream holiday ruined by little-known passport rule that cost him £3K

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Published date21 April 2024
AuthorZesha Saleem
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Huw and Patricia Gosling were all set for their much-anticipated trip to Sofia, Bulgaria, in July 2023, where they planned to immerse themselves in the operatic sounds of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle. But their plans came to an abrupt halt when 69 year old Huw was stopped from boarding his flight at Birmingham Airport because his passport had been issued over a decade ago

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UK passports typically have a 10-year validity, but those issued before September 2018 could extend up to 10 years and nine months, as the Passport Office would carry over additional months from an old passport to a new one.

Post-Brexit changes mean that Brits must now ensure their passports were issued within the last 10 years when travelling to many European countries. Despite this, Huw had checked his passport against the IATA Travel Centre website, which reassured him that "the documentation you hold is sufficient".

Confident that his 10 year old...

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