by THE TRAVEL SLUT on October 16th, 2007

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Does every country require that passports be valid for 6 months beyond your intended stay?

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by Jetlagerry on September 17th, 2008
But what is the POINT of this 6 month rule ?
The result being that this effectively reduces a passport's validity to 5½ years or less, from the time you apply for the thing....
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- Some countries apparently are concerned about people overstaying their welcomes and if a person is caught with an expired passport, deportation can occur unabated.
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by Anonymous on February 8th, 2008
No. It can be no extra time beyond the intended stay, or 'longer' than 6 months is possible, depending on nationality of traveller and destination.
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by HappyGoLucky on October 27th, 2007
I think so. I had a friend from the UK that allways went to canada to renew his passport on his work visa every 6 months.
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- Thanks. I believe it may be a global requirement.
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- It, could be but I am not for certain.
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  by HappyGoLucky on October 27th, 2007
- As far as I can determine, it is not a world-wide requirement.
  In fact, a few countries require no period, e.g. travel within countries in the EU, but some other countries only want to see a 3 month passport validity period.
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by Anonymous on October 27th, 2007
Twice have I entered countries with less than six months on my passport that techinically demanded it - once since 9/11.
I had no problems.
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- You are fortunate because further study has shown to me that most countries are supposed to abide by the 6 month rule.
  
  Obviously exceptions to rules still exist.
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by sunniebgi on September 21st, 2008
I don't believe the US has that rule, by the way.. or they may have changed it in recent years.. My brother in law entered the US a few years ago on a business trip and he only had about 2 weeks left on his passport.. they stamped the passport for the date at the end of the 2 weeks and sent him through.

The country I live in has a rule that their passports must have at least 6 mths valid on them to be able to travel out of the country (which does mean that the passports are really only valid for 4 1/2 years rather than 5 (as they are renewed ever 5 years.)
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- Yes. I meant to say 4½ and typed 5½ in one of my comments.
  
  I still have difficulty understanding why this rule is imposed on an otherwise valid passport.
  If a country is worried about people overstaying their visit period, then where is enforcement of a country's laws?
  AND. What has this got to do with any 9-11 concerns? None. It is just a money spinner for various governments, because it forces travellers to renew passports well before they normally would need to..
  
  Steps down from soap box...
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  by Jetlagerry on September 23rd, 2008
- it has to do with the length of stay in a country.. your ticket and the time on your passport must match.. so they just make sure, I guess, in the event of anything happening, that you have enough time on your passport to stay in a particular country in case something happens (illness, accident etc requiring you to stay longer than originally intended.)
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by Spunts.answered 67 questions in 1 hour. on October 16th, 2007
no.
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