Passport and St. Lucia

[svenny]

I'm travelling to St. Lucia next week, for two weeks, my passport is fine, however my girlfriend's UK passport expires in mid June. I've looked on a couple of websites and they seem to be vague as to whether you need to have 6 months validity on your passport, or not. It's just a bog standard holiday so does anybody know if this is a problem?

Cheers and thanks for any help in advance.

svenny

[tropical wave]

Should'nt be a problem. Google 'St Lucia Tourist Board' and click vacation planner......or contact St Lucia High Commission,10 Kensington Court,London, w8 5DL. The WX should be great,have a good time.

[striparella]

Don't take what i say as gospel but as a rule no-one really puts the six months thing into practise.

I see people every day travelling to the states - somewhere where you'd think they'd be bothered with all their stupid rules and regulations - with less than six months on their passport!

So long as it's valid for the return sector it really shouldn't be a problem.

[patdavies]

The US does not require UK passport holders to have any validity on their passports beyond their visit.

[Globaliser]

FWIW, Delta's access page to Timatic (http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations/plan_flight/international_travel_information/visa_passport_information/index.jsp) returns this information for a UK national travelling to St Lucia (http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=GB&AR=00&PASSTYPES=PASS&DE=LC&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C):-
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/ 26MAR06 / 1240 UTC

National UNITED KINGDOM (GREAT BRITAIN) (GB)
Destination ST. LUCIA (LC)

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ST. LUCIA (LC)

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Passport (valid for at least 6 months) required. Also accepted:- expired passport, provided accompanied by photo ID.

Visa not required for a max. stay of 6 weeks, at the discretion
of the immigration officer. Extensions possible.

Visitor must hold:- documents for next destination; and
- onward/return ticket; and
- sufficient funds.

Businessmen must pay a non-refundable amount of XCD 150.-(not applicable when owning business in St. Lucia).

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26 March 2006
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[svenny]

I thought it shouldn't be a problem, just couldn't contact the High Commission over the weekend.

Thanks for all the help.

svenny

PS Will try to enjoy sitting in the sun doing nothing!!!! :)