As a general rule, passports must be valid for six months beyond the date the traveler will exit the United States. However, the United States has signed agreements with a number of countries to waive this requirement.
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As a general rule, passports must be valid for six months beyond the date the traveler will exit the United States. However, the United States has signed agreements with a number of countries to waive this requirement.
For instance, some countries need you to carry a valid passport for as long as three months after your date of entry. This means that even if your trip will only last for a few weeks, the country will deny access if your passport expires in three months.
U.S. nationals, including U.S. dual nationals, must use a U.S. passport to enter and leave the United States. U.S. dual nationals may also be required by the country of their foreign nationality to use that country's passport to enter and leave that country.
As a general rule, passports must be valid for six months beyond the date the traveler will exit the United States. However, the United States has signed agreements with a number of countries to waive this requirement.
Answer: No, you cannot travel internationally without a valid passport. Photocopies of passports are not acceptable. If you need your passport to travel internationally and do not have time to wait for routine processing, then you can apply for expedited passport renewal. By mail, this process takes 2-3 weeks.
Many European countries (the Schengen states) require that your passport be valid for at least three months beyond your planned date of departure from the Schengen area.
Answer: United States passports are valid until midnight on the date of expiration. You can legitimately travel on the date your passport expires without any problems.
List of countries for which a passport that expired up to 5 years ago is admissible: Belgium, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Netherlands and Portugal. List of countries for which a passport that expired for up to 1 year ago is admissible: Germany, Hungary and the UK.
In other words, if you visit Spain for a short period of time without having a residence permit, whether your country of origin required you to apply for a tourist visa or not, you can stay for a maximum of 90 days before you actually have to leave or obtain a legal residence permit.
Be aware of passport expiration rules for your destinationSome countries and airlines will not allow a U.S. passport holder to enter if their passport expires in less than 6 months. Check your destination country's U.S. passport expiration rules on the Department of State's country information page.
Spain currently does not have any plans of changing the 90-day rule. Technically, this rule is not under Spanish jurisdiction, as it is a rule that applies to the whole Schengen Area. So even if Spain wanted to change this rule, the change can only be initiated by authorities of the European Union.