LPT: Before booking any overseas travel, check the expiry date of your passport. Some countries need you to have a minimum of 6 months of validity past your departure date. Check those dates people! (Reposted because this LPT doesn’t actually expire)

”Welcome aboard flight 562 to your dream destination, whether for work or pleasure. Except for you in seat 56C, you will be turned away at the landing point, because you didn’t check your passport. Your travelling companions will be allowed to continue on with their journey though”

DONT LET THIS BE YOU!!!!!

If you are travelling overseas, please, I beg of you, go grab your passport NOW and check the expiry date.

As a general rule, passports should have at least three or six months of validity when traveling internationally. Most countries will not permit a traveler to enter their country unless the passport is set to expire at least three or six months after the final date of travel.

It takes only seconds to check your passport expiry date. You do NOT want to be stuck at the airport unable to board your flight because you didn’t check.

What countries need you to have 3 or 6 months validity either from date of arrival or date of departure?

If travelling to the USA, if your passport country of issue is on this list then you don’t need 6 months left on your passport. If it’s not on the list, you do!

Albania
Angola
Austria
Bahrain
Bolivia
Botswana
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
China
Côte d’Ivoire(Ivory Coast)
Denmark Ecuador(including Galápagos Islands)
Egypt
French Polynesia
Guyana
Greece
Germany
Honduras
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
India
Kenya
Kiribati
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Oman
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
St Lucia
Sweden
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zambia

Go here to check other countries not on the list for visa requirements etc...

So, to save you hassles at the airport, and to save you a HEAP of money, please check ALL passports in your house NOW. you never know when you will have to suddenly travel overseas, and you need to be prepared.

Edit: added some info about the USA