Translation needed, please!
Received this this morning from an old friend of mine who has lived in Cyprus for many years and now has (I think) dual nationality.
I was supposed to have been in the UK now spending Christmas with my family, staying with R* and E* alternately returning home on 29th. A long story but I stayed with J* and his family in Yorkshire returning home on 1st December. I was stopped at passport control and security in the UK on my return journey home. I was told I can no longer use my passport and if I travelled back for Christmas I would be detained and sent back to Cyprus. My passport expires on 11th October 2022, ie late next year but the problem is, my passport is valid for 10 years 10 months and since Brexit, UK travel rules changed 1st January this year which now means my passport has effectively expired. I can only travel on a passport valid for exactly 10 years. I applied for a new passport as soon as I returned paying for “fast track” but as yet, no passport which means I have had to change my flights.
Life is definitely too complicated for me now.
I was supposed to have been in the UK now spending Christmas with my family, staying with R* and E* alternately returning home on 29th. A long story but I stayed with J* and his family in Yorkshire returning home on 1st December. I was stopped at passport control and security in the UK on my return journey home. I was told I can no longer use my passport and if I travelled back for Christmas I would be detained and sent back to Cyprus. My passport expires on 11th October 2022, ie late next year but the problem is, my passport is valid for 10 years 10 months and since Brexit, UK travel rules changed 1st January this year which now means my passport has effectively expired. I can only travel on a passport valid for exactly 10 years. I applied for a new passport as soon as I returned paying for “fast track” but as yet, no passport which means I have had to change my flights.
Life is definitely too complicated for me now.
