Your passport must not be older than 10 years on the date you travel. If you are traveling to an EU country (except Ireland), or Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City, you must follow the Schengen area passport requirements. One of the key issues is how long there is left on it. It sounds obvious, but it’s amazing people don’t check it soon enough to get a new one if there is a problem. With that in mind, the Department for Transport has put together advice for people to try to help them avoid problems before they travel, when they get to the airport and when they return, reports ChronicleLive. Travellers have already been hit by flight cancellations, delays and huge piles of unclaimed luggage due to a staffing crisis. Terminals have been struggling with staff shortages in the wake of the pandemic as they try to cope with increased demand in the first year with few international travel restrictions since Covid took hold more than two years ago. The aim is to help people have as smooth a journey through airports as possible this summer. Travellers planning to jet off abroad this summer are being urged to check a new five-point checklist issues by the Government.