Can you travel to the UK with an EU national Identity card that is only valid for another week upon return?

11/19/2013 1:27:20 PM

According to the UK Border Agency, all you need is a valid EU national ID card, no mentioning of validity:

When you enter the UK, you must show your passport or national identity card. You should use the separate channel marked ‘EEA/EU’, where it is available. Immigration officers will check your passport or national identity card to ensure that it is valid and belongs to you.

Also, according to another document issued by the same agency:

Regulation 11(4) states that when an EEA national does not produce on arrival a valid ID
card or passport he should be given “every reasonable opportunity” to prove by other means
that he is an EEA national. In other words a person claiming to be an EEA national should
not automatically be refused admission as a result of being unable to produce a valid ID card
or passport.

I could not find any official source where it says a certain period of validity is required for EU/EEA nationals when presenting their national ID cards. Therefore I guess you can use your valid ID card even if it is valid for one more day.

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