passport advice needed

baldmonk · 23 Jan 2015 at 14:44

me and my wife have been trying to find info on the following problem

we are traveling to new york in feb for a 5 day vacation

but when we looked at passports this morning our youngest daughter will only have 4-5 months left on her passport when we travel,is this going to be a issue ? as we have been told conflicting reports of yeah it will be fine,to no you need 6 months.believe it or not uk.gov were no help and told us to contact us embassy in londod who are impossible to contact :rolleyes:

any advice would be great

MickeyFinns · 23 Jan 2015 at 14:47

It'll be fine. For the US the passport just needs to be valid during the stay;

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/usa/entry-requirements

Cosimo · 23 Jan 2015 at 14:49

Q4:

http://london.usembassy.gov/faq-passports.html

scorza · 23 Jan 2015 at 14:49

Have you got your ESTA visa? You'd like to think if there was a problem they'd have highlighted it when processing this, but then again this is US immigration you're dealing with.

baldmonk · 23 Jan 2015 at 14:51

cheers for the reply mickey

we seen then but when phoned up and pointed that out the guy on phone told he could not confirm or deny what it said on website :eek:

great if true though

baldmonk · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:02

cheers guys

adam98150 · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:04

Have to have 6 months left on your passport? Not heard that one before. What would be the point in having an expiry date if it expired six months beforehand. :confused:

Tom0 · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:13

Seeing as this thread has been answered, Can I just hi-jack it save making a new one?

My question to maths/science peeps.

I've got an equation where the answer is put into 2 sig figs, the answer is needed in a second equation do I keep it as 2 sig figs for the second equation eg. 3.2 or do I go back to the original answer 3224.2?

MickeyFinns · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:26

Tom0 said:
Seeing as this thread has been answered, Can I just hi-jack it save making a new one?

My question to maths/science peeps.

I've got an equation where the answer is put into 2 sig figs, the answer is needed in a second equation do I keep it as 2 sig figs for the second equation eg. 3.2 or do I go back to the original answer 3224.2?

In the second equation I would work with the most accurate number possible until the final presentation where you trim to 2 sig fig.

Switching earlier may alter the accuracy severely.

Tom0 · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:31

MickeyFinns said:
In the second equation I would work with the most accurate number possible until the final presentation where you trim to 2 sig fig.

Switching earlier may alter the accuracy severely.

I agree, seems logical. Just no example of my work book of a trimmed figure being used twice. So have nothing to work from!

Soundood · 23 Jan 2015 at 15:56

it would seem two totally different threads have been merged lol

Amp34 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:05

adam98150 said:
Have to have 6 months left on your passport? Not heard that one before. What would be the point in having an expiry date if it expired six months beforehand.

Its a standard myth* loads of people still believe is the case.

*it is still relevant to some locations, generally places most people are unlikely to go, for example Pakistan and several countries in Africa to name a few.

baldmonk · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:15

Amp34 said:
Its a standard myth* loads of people still believe is the case.

*it is still relevant to some locations, generally places most people are unlikely to go, for example Pakistan and several countries in Africa to name a few.

including 4 travel agents i spoke to over the phone :eek:

adam98150 · 23 Jan 2015 at 16:17

baldmonk said:
including 4 travel agents i spoke to over the phone

Haha, that's so bad.

Its a standard myth* loads of people still believe is the case.

*it is still relevant to some locations, generally places most people are unlikely to go, for example Pakistan and several countries in Africa to name a few.

Yeah, never knew this. Thanks.

Repta · 23 Jan 2015 at 19:20

adam98150 said:
Have to have 6 months left on your passport? Not heard that one before. What would be the point in having an expiry date if it expired six months beforehand.

Quite a few countries have rules like that about entry, a lot of SE asia for example.

[TW]Fox · 23 Jan 2015 at 19:23

scorza said:
Have you got your ESTA visa?

ESTA is not a visa, it is infact the very opposite - it is authorisation to travel to the US under the visa waiver programme, ie without a Visa.

Lopéz · 24 Jan 2015 at 09:29

baldmonk said:
including 4 travel agents i spoke to over the phone

Travel agents will almost always recommend that you have 3 or 6 months remaining on your passport. They are just covering their backs.