Passport Expiry Calculator
There is no universal passport validity rule. Some destinations measure from your entry date, some from your departure date, and the number of months varies. DAYOZA uses the destination's actual requirement — or tells you plainly when it has not verified one.
Requirements are per destination. DAYOZA only shows a verdict where it has verified the rule.
Needed when the destination measures validity from your departure date.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code), Article 6(opens in a new tab)
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Why there is no default here
"Six months beyond entry" is a common requirement but not a universal one. Destinations differ on both the number of months and the date they measure from, so DAYOZA never applies a default rule to a destination it has not verified.
Further reading
Longer explanations of the rules this page applies.
Next steps
The questions travellers usually ask after this one.
- Visa Stay CalculatorWork out the exact date your permission to stay runs out, from the allowance your visa or entry actually grants.
- Schengen 90/180 CalculatorWork out how many of your 90 days you have used in the rolling 180-day window, and whether a planned trip stays within it.
- Date Difference CalculatorFind the days, weeks, months and years between any two dates — in either direction.
Countries this tool applies to
Rules, sources and last-verified dates for each.