A WOMAN has revealed how she was forced to miss four days of her holiday because of a simple, yet common, passport mistake. Even if your passport is yet to expire, it could still prevent you from entering a country because of certain validity rules . 2 Fran was turned away because her passport was 10 years old Credit: Alamy That's exactly what happened to Tiktoker Fran Hainingg who was due to head to Greece for a summer break.
Because she hadn't checked the rules, she instead found herself having to go to London to get a new passport instead of heading to the beach, after she was unable to board her flight at the airport. The problem she encountered was to do with the 10-year passport rule, which prevents Brits from entering EU countries, if their passports are more than 10 years old on the day they're travelling. Passports must also have more than three months remaining on them on the day they're due to return to the UK.
However, Fran's passport was two days beyond the 10 year threshold, meaning she had to abandon her holiday in search of a new passport . For this, she needed to make an appointment at the London passport office, which set her back a further two days and meant she missed the first four days of her trip, and spent an extra £300. In a video , she said: "I got declined to get on the flight because my passport was two days out of date from being 10 years old.
"We initially got turned away because we didn't have an appointment, so two days later we were heading b.