DrDougster Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 My wife flew back to UK last week in an emergency and was planning to go to the passport office at Victoria to renew her passport next week before flying back on Sat. Turns out this isn't possible - no appointments. Her passport expires 28th April. We have flights to UK booked on 1st April. Will these flights satisfy immigration that she has sufficient time on her passport for the duration of her stay? Theoretically should be ok but anyone any further insight. or tried this? Alternative is to push her return flight back and leave me looking after our four year old for another week! We're PR on a 190. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIG85 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, DrDougster said: My wife flew back to UK last week in an emergency and was planning to go to the passport office at Victoria to renew her passport next week before flying back on Sat. Turns out this isn't possible - no appointments. Her passport expires 28th April. We have flights to UK booked on 1st April. Will these flights satisfy immigration that she has sufficient time on her passport for the duration of her stay? Theoretically should be ok but anyone any further insight. or tried this? Alternative is to push her return flight back and leave me looking after our four year old for another week! We're PR on a 190. Neither the UK nor Australia has a minimum passport validity requirement. As a UK passport holder, I would have thought in your wife's case the more relevant question would be minimum passport validity for Australia. The minimum passport validity rules are generally of no application where you are entering the country of your citizenship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDougster Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) 29 minutes ago, DIG85 said: Neither the UK nor Australia has a minimum passport validity requirement. As a UK passport holder, I would have thought in your wife's case the more relevant question would be minimum passport validity for Australia. The minimum passport validity rules are generally of no application where you are entering the country of your citizenship. Yup, I meant Australian immigration / border control to get back to Aus next weekend. Edited February 20, 2022 by DrDougster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Has your wife checked other passport offices as London tends to get booked up quickly. Peterborough passport office is worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDougster Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 8 hours ago, Tulip1 said: Has your wife checked other passport offices as London tends to get booked up quickly. Peterborough passport office is worth a try. Yeah, nothing this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Check countries of transit too as some require a certain validity even if not planning to enter. Otherwise as said you should be OK with UK and Aus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDougster Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 11 minutes ago, rammygirl said: Check countries of transit too as some require a certain validity even if not planning to enter. Otherwise as said you should be OK with UK and Aus. Thanks rammygirl. She's going via Singapore so I think that's fine through the transit path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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