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Old 1 Mar 16, 04:39 PM  
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I have just received an advisory email from Virgin stating that as from the 1st April anyone travelling to the US on the Visa Waiver Program must have a ePassport, and to check my passport to see if it has the ePassport symbol on the front cover.
After looking I can't find any symbol on the front cover and I still have until 2019 before it expires. Mine is just the dark red passport with gold writing on the front. Is this okay ?
We don't go until June so if I need a replacement I have plenty of time, but if everyone has to change passports it's going to get busy.
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Old 1 Mar 16, 04:40 PM  
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Oooh I just got the same! Interested to hear everyone's replies on this... :-)
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Old 1 Mar 16, 04:45 PM  
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Oooh I just got the same! Interested to hear everyone's replies on this... :-)
epassports have a camera symbol on the front cover, if you don't have one, you will need to renew


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Old 1 Mar 16, 04:48 PM  
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2019 will be fine, I'm 2017 and mines is fine.
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Old 1 Mar 16, 05:06 PM  
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All passports issued after November 2006 would be e passports so really anything valid after the start of 2017 should have the symbol.

Mine didnt but ran out in December 2016 so just got it renewed for our Christmas trip (it would have needed renewing anyway) so the percentage of people who need to renew and lose time (they can add up to 9 months on) is relatively small (adult only childrens passports are 5 years)
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Old 1 Mar 16, 05:07 PM  
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That's good, mine looks okay and is the same as your image, thanks
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Old 1 Mar 16, 05:35 PM  
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Ok so might be being abit dim here. I don't have an e passport and we travel on 21st of March obviously it'll be ok going but will I have any problems coming home? Bit worried now as its so close .
Please someone in the know tell me it's gonna be ok x
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Well if they don't let you out you'll have to stay there forever!
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Ok so might be being abit dim here. I don't have an e passport and we travel on 21st of March obviously it'll be ok going but will I have any problems coming home? Bit worried now as its so close .
Please someone in the know tell me it's gonna be ok x
Don't worry it is only a requirement to get in to the US and not to get back in to the UK.
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I did think that would be the case but you know what's it's like when you start to doubt yourself
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