Thai national coming to Thailand on a expired passport .

[PoorSucker]

Many replies.

Easy question.

Answer... No problem..,

[TCA]

She will be allowed to check in and then negotiate the UK Immigration process with an expired passport? Are you lot sure about that? If that's correct what is the point of giving a passport an expiry date in the first place?

The bit you're missing is the fact that this is someone returning to their own country. It's the same for the UK. A British citizen can also return to the UK on an expired passport. They just couldn't go anywhere else.

[BritTim]

She will be allowed to check in and then negotiate the UK Immigration process with an expired passport? Are you lot sure about that? If that's correct what is the point of giving a passport an expiry date in the first place?

The bit you're missing is the fact that this is someone returning to their own country. It's the same for the UK. A British citizen can also return to the UK on an expired passport. They just couldn't go anywhere else.

I suspect there would be problems if it was not a direct flight. I think most countries would be reluctant to allow people even to transit without a valid travel document.

[sunnyjim5]

She will be allowed to check in and then negotiate the UK Immigration process with an expired passport? Are you lot sure about that? If that's correct what is the point of giving a passport an expiry date in the first place?

The bit you're missing is the fact that this is someone returning to their own country. It's the same for the UK. A British citizen can also return to the UK on an expired passport. They just couldn't go anywhere else.

I suspect there would be problems if it was not a direct flight. I think most countries would be reluctant to allow people even to transit without a valid travel document.

If the "transit" did not involve passing immigration and therefore "entering" another country I suspect there would not be a problem.

I am open to correction on this point.