16-10-13, 08:34 AM
When I was gettting the boat to France from Cork a few years ago, we were asked for our passports at the ferry check in, the clerk says "we can't let you on your wifes passport is out of date"
I had forgotten to check the dates on both passports as I thought we both got our passports the same time. When my wife asked if our passports were ok I said yes and she did not check them.
After a stand up discussion with me saying "well she is still the same person and if she gets a new passport she will still be the same person and the only difference in the passport will be the expiry date" the manager then says " it is policy that we only accept valid passports as identification" my reply "where does it say on the documentations that I have here that the passport must be in date, if only says to bring a passport for identiification and this passport even though it is out of date identifies her". Uneasy silence and finally the manager saying "we will let you on but we cannot be responsible for the French stopping you" :rolleyes
We rode off the boat in Roscoff and spent 2 weeks in France and back again without anyone in France who looked at the passports even mention the passport was out of date. :rolleyes
I had forgotten to check the dates on both passports as I thought we both got our passports the same time. When my wife asked if our passports were ok I said yes and she did not check them.
After a stand up discussion with me saying "well she is still the same person and if she gets a new passport she will still be the same person and the only difference in the passport will be the expiry date" the manager then says " it is policy that we only accept valid passports as identification" my reply "where does it say on the documentations that I have here that the passport must be in date, if only says to bring a passport for identiification and this passport even though it is out of date identifies her". Uneasy silence and finally the manager saying "we will let you on but we cannot be responsible for the French stopping you" :rolleyes
We rode off the boat in Roscoff and spent 2 weeks in France and back again without anyone in France who looked at the passports even mention the passport was out of date. :rolleyes