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Passport warning issued to Brits over lesser-known rule that could stop travelling

Experts warned holidaymakers to check passport blank pages before travel, with Eurochange’s Laura Evans-Fisk urging planning ahead to avoid disruption.
Blank pages are needed for entry and exit stamps and visa stickers, with border control and immigration officials setting varied rules from two to six pages, as Namibia requires.
Travel experts noted that airlines and border officials continue to check page availability as part of normal entry procedures, and a passport is your gateway to the world, even with minor issues like too few blank pages.
To avoid disruption, UKVI experts suggest travelers with full passports may be denied entry or refused boarding, while government fast-track services can produce a new passport in two to three weeks.
Despite digital shifts, the EU’s Entry/Exit System launched last October replacing manual passport stamping, but paper stamps remain standard outside the EU, and biometric kiosks are expected to fully operate by April.

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