It was to be a symbol of the UK as a newly independent nation, cut loose from the tyranny of Brussels and EU bureaucrats demanding our bananas are a certain shape.

Diana Kanter, 71 and from Surrey, told i she wanted a new passport after Brexit to beat queues at the airport – and to feel European again.

A British father living in France says he was denied the chance to vote on Brexit, but his family are enduring the consequences of it.

Tory peer Lord Rose criticises ‘backwards’ proposal as business department launches 12-week consultation.

Brits will need at least six months on their passport date for travel around Europe.

Kirsty still has seven months left on her red passport but was told it was out of date at the airport and lost her £1,000 dream TUI holiday - with no refund./ Before Brexit, Brits could travel up to and including the expiry date on their passports But EU regulations now mean a UK passport holder wanting to visit Europe needs a passport which was issued within the previous 10 years.

A woman has told of her frustration after being removed from a flight to Spain and having her New Year’s Eve “ruined” over a little-known change to post-Brexit passport rules.

We asked for a hard EU frontier in southeast Kent, plus tougher passport controls.

Seeing headlines about passports expiring after Brexit? Here are the rules as stated by the European Union, not the UK government. / Since Brexit, the rules on passport validity for British visitors to the European Union have tightened. But the UK government tells travellers the regulations are worse than they actually are.

After China denied citizenship status to non-Chinese residents, about 7,000 ethnic minority families received full British nationality, granting them the ability to live across Europe and pass this status onto their descendants.

Thousands who fled their war-torn country stand to lose their right to work, rent a home and access NHS.

Queues have been blamed on delays caused by extra checks needed and a shortage of police officers at passport control.

British travellers face the worst possible outcome once the Brexit transition period ends, the government has confirmed.

The UK government says Gibraltar cannot independently negotiate a passport-free travel deal with the EU after Brexit.

European commission insists letting UK nationals use e-gates would breach EU law

Henley Passport Index ranks passports around the world according to visa-free travel, with Japan topping the 2019 list.

UK nationals are struggling to adjust to new rules that follow Brexit – the act that marked the UK’s official exit from the European Union.

Confused over regulations, Home Office border staff meet legitimate visitors and workers with suspicion.

Parents wrongly told ‘your child will need six months left on their passport’. / Ninety-three weeks after the Brexit transition phase ended and the UK fully left the European Union, the government still is putting out false information on passport validity for the EU and the wider Schengen Area.

UK-based travel businesses are facing “significant” operational challenges organising trips to the EU following Brexit, according to the travel association ABTA.

Migration from UK to Europe states averaged 56,832 people per year from 2008-15, but climbed to 73,642 a year from 2016-18.

It is important to check your passport has not expired or you could face a costly blow to your travel plans.

Waiting times could even triple with the UK’s ‘third-country nationals’ no longer in the EU.

The end of 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition; from next year, British travellers visiting countries in the European Union will encounter a number of changes. Here’s everything you need to know.

Over the last weekend, the Port of Dover has handled almost 142,000 travellers, many of whom have been forced to wait for hours to cross the borders into France.