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How long does it take to renew a passport? Holidaymakers warned about 10-year post-Brexit rule

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Flight passengers from the UK are being urged to check their passports after a “10-year passport rule” prevented one jet setter from boarding his flight. 

Brexit, the UK’s departure from the European Union, appears to be the gift that keeps giving regarding limiting our freedom of movement. 

After severing ties with the EU, rules for people with British passports changed regarding their issue dates. 

Previously, people could carry over up to nine months of their old passport onto their new one. It meant some UK citizens had

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