Does my wife need an updated passport?

[Charade]

We're going to Holland in September. I have a new e-passport but her's is the older type. I'm reading the state dept. website but it's a little confusing. Help!

 

[Handbag Lady]

When does hers expire?

 

[chloelovesdisney]

Hi. Ditto to Handbag Lady. The expiration date is on her passport. BTW, not sure where you are going to in the Netherlands, but I was strongly reprimanded by a local woman when I referred to it as Holland.

 

[dahirsh]

what's a e passport?

 

[LoraJ]

As long as it hasn't expired she should be fine, unless she changed her name when you got married. If she changed her name, the plane tickets must match what is on the passport.

 

[ElizK]

As long as it hasn't expired she should be fine, unless she changed her name when you got married. If she changed her name, the plane tickets must match what is on the passport.

Airline employee here... yep, what she said.

 

[HeatherH]

http://travel.state.gov/passport/eppt/eppt_2498.html

Read THIS, it says that passports without chips are still valid until expiration.

It's always a good idea to have a passport that is valid for six months beyond the date you plan to leave a country, but not necessarily imperative for many countries. You need to check the entry requirements for the Netherlands if the expiration date is an issue.

 

[etoiles]

Hi. Ditto to Handbag Lady. The expiration date is on her passport. BTW, not sure where you are going to in the Netherlands, but I was strongly reprimanded by a local woman when I referred to it as Holland.

DH is Dutch and lived 25+ years in Holland/The Netherlands and calls his country by both names. All of his relatives and friends are the same and don't mind either term and use both terms themselves. I think that local lady was just in a bad mood.

What the Dutch people I have met do get really irritated with is thinking that Amsterdam is a country or if someone says something like "lDutch, Danish, German... it's all the same, right????"

 

[chloelovesdisney]

DH is Dutch and lived 25+ years in Holland/The Netherlands and calls his country by both names. All of his relatives and friends are the same and don't mind either term and use both terms themselves. I think that local lady was just in a bad mood.

What the Dutch people I have met do get really irritated with is thinking that Amsterdam is a country or if someone says something like "lDutch, Danish, German... it's all the same, right????"

The lady gave me a long, long lecture, lol. She was very insistant that I not make the mistake again, of referring to her country as Holland. She said Holland was a province or something of that sort, in the Netherlands. Whatever you call it, it was very beautiful and I had a lot of fun there. Plus the cheese was super delicious!

 

[Charade]

As long as it hasn't expired she should be fine, unless she changed her name when you got married. If she changed her name, the plane tickets must match what is on the passport.

She has not changed her name, yet. So any documents, except for our marriage license, are in her maiden name.

 

[Charade]

http://travel.state.gov/passport/eppt/eppt_2498.html

Read THIS, it says that passports without chips are still valid until expiration.

It's always a good idea to have a passport that is valid for six months beyond the date you plan to leave a country, but not necessarily imperative for many countries. You need to check the entry requirements for the Netherlands if the expiration date is an issue.

Thanks! That's a relief. I don't know when her passport expires though.

 

[Cantw8]

do not take her anywhere, she doesn't think LOL cats are funny

 

[Charade]

do not take her anywhere, she doesn't think LOL cats are funny

Maybe I should I leave her there.