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The passport must be valid when received by UKBA. But if they take their time, it is their problem. They can not require a certain validity to the passport. They can not require EU law citizens to have a valid passport while in the UK, since they do not require UK citizens to have one.86ti wrote:The passport must be valid. The UKBA carry out pre-checks and they should send the application back immediatly if they think that it should be valid until the final decision. If the application reaches the case-worker with an invalid passport they might choose to refuse the application. In that case get a new passport and reapply as soon as convenient.
I don't think this sentence is actually true. Even within the Schengenzone when you travel from one country to another you are required to have a valid passport, despite it is not actually checked when crossing the border. As far as I know, all EU citizens must have a valid passport when they travel to a member state of which they do not have the citizenship.Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:They can not require EU law citizens to have a valid passport while in the UK, since they do not require UK citizens to have one.
I agree 100% agree that is is very good, even extremely good, to have a valid passport at all times. I certainly do!fysicus wrote:I don't think this sentence is actually true. Even within the Schengenzone when you travel from one country to another you are required to have a valid passport, despite it is not actually checked when crossing the border. As far as I know, all EU citizens must have a valid passport when they travel to a member state of which they do not have the citizenship.Directive/2004/38/EC wrote:They can not require EU law citizens to have a valid passport while in the UK, since they do not require UK citizens to have one.
Furthermore, whether a legal requirement or not, I think it is a very good idea anyway to make sure that you are in possession of a valid passport at all times. I have to admit though, that some years ago I had a gap of about a week between expiry of my old passport and the starting date of a new one.