Will my passport still be valid when I fly in May?

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Q We have booked a holiday in Kefalonia from 8 to 22 May this year. My passport expires on 13 October. Will it be valid?

Carole S

A How lovely to be going to Greece’s Ionian islands in mid-May – an ideal time to be there, before the heat and crowds of July and August arrive. But I am afraid no one knows if your passport will be accepted for travel. It depends on whether Brexit happens without an deal, with a deal or gets postponed. If a withdrawal agreement is signed and the UK leaves the European Union on 29 March, then until 31 December 2020 everything will continue as though Britain was still in the EU (only without any UK influence on decisions).