Holiday makers who still have a Burgundy passport are encouraged to check carefully when planning a trip to see if it is valid. Since the UK officially left the European Union in 2020, Burgundy passports are now valid for travel in 2025.
In many countries, a passport is required to remain valid for at least six months prior to entry. British travelers heading to EU destinations such as Spain and the Netherlands must ensure their passports are issued within 10 years of departure date. For frequent travelers, it is important to make sure your passport has enough blank pages for stamps before embarking on your trip.
Those with a passport filled with stamps from previous trips should make sure there is enough empty space as they can refuse entry if the requirements are not met. Countries differ in how aggressively their passports are stamped, so exhausting space can lead to trouble at their dream destination.
Rudge Daily's Tiktok video highlights the importance of creating “Vital Checks” on your passport, especially when it comes to issues and expiration dates.
The warning states: “The older coloured documents are likely to break travel rules, so anyone who owns them is urged to do important checks in advance.
The video looks like this: “We found that less than 50% of people know the 10-year cutoff before 2018, so “British people on vacation continue to get caught up in the rules.”
If you plan to visit EU countries, please make sure your passport has been issued within the last 10 years and remains valid at least three months after the intended return date.
Before 2018, the UK passport could carry another nine months, 9 months after the last passport. This means that travelers can have documents that are technically valid for 10 years and 9 months.
According to Rudge Daily, “There may still be plenty of time left to expire, but it is likely to be over 10 years old, making it more likely to be invalid for EU travel.
