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Passport Requirements for Domestic Routes (Between UK and Channel Islands, and inter-island travel)

Before you leave the house, please ensure you have the correct travel document with you. From 1st March 2019, we will require passengers 16 years old and older due to travel on a domestic sailing (inter-island and between the UK, Guernsey and Jersey) to carry a form of in-date photographic identification.

Unfortunately, without an accepted form of photo ID to show at check-in you won’t be permitted to board.

Please note that digital copies of your photo ID are not acceptable.

Accepted travel documents include:

• A valid passport (i.e. in date)
• An expired passport (domestic sailings only, up to two years after expiry)
• Common law passport
• Valid EU or Swiss national identity card
• Valid driving license (full or Provisional are accepted)
• Valid armed forces identity card
• Valid police warrant card/badge
• A child on parent’ s passport is an acceptable form of ID
• Citizen Card or Civilian Card, available from www.citizencard.com/
• Valid firearm certificate
• Valid government-issued identity card
• NHS SMART card
• Electoral identity card
• NUS card (National Union of Students)
• University/college ID card
• Council issued bus pass
• Young Scot card
• Disabled badges which have a photograph of the holder
• Certificate of Competency issued by the government (domestic routes only, must be photographic)
• VALIDATE UK PASS photographic proof of age cards
• CPP Guernsey ID card
• Guernsey 18+ card

Please note that all photo ID must be legible and undamaged, otherwise you will not be able to travel. All forms of ID must be valid and in date. An expired passport will be accepted for domestic sailings only, up to two years after expiry.

Ensure that your passport remains valid throughout your travel period. Renew your passport if any of the following conditions apply:

• Fewer than three months are remaining on your passport before your departure. Please refer to your passport to determine its expiration date.
• Your passport was issued ten years ago or more from the day you plan to enter an EU country. Calculate this duration from the date your passport was issued.

Passport Requirements for International Routes (Between France and the UK or Channel Islands)

All passengers travelling to or from France, will be required to show a valid, in-date passport.