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i havnt heard anything but if its true i hope its at local post office as not everyone can/will travel to liverpool passport office and surely they wont/cant expect them too

i guess the reason travel agents like you to have 6mths left is in case you have to try and stay after you are due home, if your passport expires 1 week after you are due home and you end up in hospital you could tecnicaly be deported this would mean you are an illegal which could  void your insurance. just a thought

Also (and I dont know all the ins and outs of this) they are going to go all high tech (as in america) with the passports soon (by the end of this year I think is their aim) and basically charge all of us for it!  so the cost of a passport I think is going to nearly double so bear that in mind too - if you do have time to get a new one it may save you some money to do so. Im thinking about doing mine soon - (mine runs out next year some time) because I think they extend it by whatever you have left on your passport too!

I stand to be corrected thou on all of this.  

It's down to the country you are visiting as to whether you need 6 months remaining on your passport. Some won't let you through immigration otherwise.

As for the new passports, it won't be long before we have to be chipped and immunised the same as applying for a pet passport.  Instead of "Anything to declare?"  it'll be "Are you up to date on your rabies injections Sir?"