Travelling to the UAE and Kuwait on a passport with slightly less than 6 months to go until expiry
I am travelling to the UAE and then Kuwait for a few days next week. As a UK Passport holder I know that I will get a free 30 day visa upon entering both countries. However, I've just noticed that the UK foreign office advise that the passport "should be valid for a minimum period of 6 months from the date of entry" for both countries. My passport will be 5 and half months until expiry when I travel. Will this be a problem, and if so is there anything I can do, since there's no way I can apply for a new passport in time?
Best Answer
You have a UK passport due to expire in 5 1/2 months and are travelling to a country where 6 months validity is required. At the time of your arrival, your passport will have 5 months remaining until expiry.
There is a very slim discretionary zone in Kuwait for entering without a valid passport as they define it. They might forgive a day or so if you are arriving from a 3rd country which did not have a facility for you to renew your passport, but arriving from the UK simply doesn't work. The bottom line is to renew your passport using one of the premium services, even the one-day premium if need be.
The alternative is to find yourself facing detention and removal; and having to contact the Foreign Office for local support. The Foreign Office will be able to help arrange a return flight and assure that your detention conditions are acceptable, but they will not issue a new passport to help you enter the country. The UK will bounce a Kuwaiti who arrives without a valid expiry term, and the Kuwaitis have every right to reciprocate.
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