Thai Passport expiry - wife in a panic

[trade60]

My wife's passport expires in July (6 weeks) and she is convinced she will not be able to leave Thailand or Enter the UK with her spouse visa. The uk border force website does state:

'have a valid passport for the duration of your stay'

But i'm sure that is for holidays and not settlement visas... Can anyone clarify the rules or point me in the direction of the official information?

[seagul]

My wife's passport expires in July (6 weeks) and she is convinced she will not be able to leave Thailand or Enter the UK with her spouse visa. The uk border force website does state:

'have a valid passport for the duration of your stay'

But i'm sure that is for holidays and not settlement visas... Can anyone clarify the rules or point me in the direction of the official information?

There is no official information suggesting that how long should it be valid for when entering UK. She can easily enter UK if her passport and spouse visa is still not expired. But still why not she just renew it wherever she is now because soon she will have to.

[Frontier Mole]

The BRP lets you enter, the passport is only an associated identity document. As long as both are valid at the point of entry to the UK there is not an issue.

Going forward she will need a new passport to travel regardless however for the duration of the BRP to expiry she does not need a new card because of a change of passport.

[trade60]

My wife's passport expires in July (6 weeks) and she is convinced she will not be able to leave Thailand or Enter the UK with her spouse visa. The uk border force website does state:

'have a valid passport for the duration of your stay'

But i'm sure that is for holidays and not settlement visas... Can anyone clarify the rules or point me in the direction of the official information?

There is no official information suggesting that how long should it be valid for when entering UK. She can easily enter UK if her passport and spouse visa is still not expired. But still why not she just renew it wherever she is now because soon she will have to.

We prefer not to renew now for a few reasons, 1. I have limited time to go collect her from Bangkok, ideally next Monday 2. she is outside Bangkok and it takes 5 working days to get her passport back. 3. She is required to hand over her old passport containing the visa and if it goes missing in the post it could be a nightmare to get back

[seagul]

Then simply on returning UK she should renew her passport through thai embassy in London.

http://www.thaiembassy.org/london/en/se ... sport.html

[trade60]

Then simply on returning UK she should renew her passport through thai embassy in London.

http://www.thaiembassy.org/london/en/se ... sport.html

Thankyou!