<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by sammibabe
I thought if you went on a machine readable passport, as oppossed to a biometric one, it had to be issued before 26/10/05.[/quote]It was extended to 2006 but otherwise that's correct.

Some passports issued now are the biometric type so best to check out with the passport people whether they all are now or not - some people got them and some people didn't.

You can get up to 9 months 'credit' for your old passport if you apply for a new one early, ie it would be valid for 10 years and 9 months if you had that long on it.