We are sailing from the UK to NYC in January with Cunard, disembarking on the 18th. We’re thinking about heading to Miami and joining NCL Joy on the 21st, sailing to Los Angeles via Panama. We’re UK citizens and US Permanent Residents, but our passports expire on July 18, so we’re only three days short of the six-month rule at boarding. Has anyone dealt with this before? How strict are they about it?
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We are sailing from the UK into NYC in January with Cunard, disembarking the 18th. We are considering taking ourselves down to Miami and joining NCL Joy on the 21st, sailing to Los Angeles via Panama. Now we are UK citizens, and US Permanent Residents. Our issue is our passports expire on July 18, so we’re just three days shy of the six month limit at time of boarding.
Anyone else had experience with this issue? How picky are they?
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They are very strict about the six-month rule. A friend of mine got stuck in Singapore because his passport was one day shy of the six months. He could come home, but couldn’t continue his vacation for the next four weeks because of it.
I think I’ve seen it on a cruise line’s website that your passport must be valid for six months after the last day of your sailing.
I spoke to our consultant at NCL, who checked with a few people there. Looks like we won’t be taking that cruise after all. The issue with Panama is the tricky part. But, on a positive note, it seems that for a price, you can get a new UK passport in one day. Well, two days actually—because you need to book a next-day appointment, and then they issue the passport four hours after your appointment.
Just order your new passports. It’s not worth taking the risk.