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Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Woman refused flight to Ibiza over post-Brexit rules despite passport being in date

Stock picture of a woman walking on a beach in Ibiza

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A woman was reportedly barred from boarding her flight to Ibiza because her passport was issued nearly ten years ago - despite it being in date until 2023.

Caroline Smith was caught up by post-Brexit rules which has been interpreted by some airlines to mean visitors’ passports to the EU need to have been issued within the last nine years and nine months.

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