Flying on nearly expired passport

[MadiMamacita]

(cross posted in TAO)
DH has a Peruvian passport. It is set to expire in October. We are planning a trip to Peru for September, and it only takes one day in Peru to get a new passport, so his passport would be good for another 5 years for the trip home. Is he going to get into trouble flying OUT of the US with a passport that is only valid for another month or so? His green card is valid for another 10 years.

I believe our other option is to contact the nearest Peruvian consulate (Seattle- about 5-7 hours away) and renew before he goes.. Any thoughts?

[MamaMunchkin]

Have you asked them if you can renew the passport by mail?  Sometimes that's an option.

Originally Posted by MadiMamacita 

I believe our other option is to contact the nearest Peruvian consulate (Seattle- about 5-7 hours away) and renew before he goes.. Any thoughts?

[MadiMamacita]

I have emailed them. Hoping to get a response this week.

[Linda on the move]

Originally Posted by MadiMamacita 

Is he going to get into trouble flying OUT of the US with a passport that is only valid for another month or so? His green card is valid for another 10 years.
 

no one checks your passport when you leave, other than to make sure you are who you say you are. The US government doesn't care who leaves.
 

many counties will let citizens enter with expired passports. (My DH entered his home country on an expired passport and they joked around with him about it).

However, I would try to renew before the trip ANYWAY. If he does, it will have been done in the US and will make him look more like he is serious about living here.

[grumpybear]

I think if he is flying back to the country that issued his passport, he should be fine. If he is flying OUT of the country that issued his passport then depending on which country he is flying out to, there might be some special expiration rules.

I wouldn't rely on getting an email response back in a timely manner though.

[FischK]

Originally Posted by Linda on the move 

no one checks your passport when you leave, other than to make sure you are who you say you are. The US government doesn't care who leaves.

The US-government cares a lot who leaves and actually keeps this information in a database; they also put an exit stamp in the passport. However, from the US-perspective, the valid travel document for Permanent Residents is the green card not the foreign passport, so they can choose to ignore it.

The problem may be with the airline, though. They may have rules about transporting people with nearly expired passports. There may also be rules in place in Peru. Contact the airline and the Peruvian embassy/consulate to make sure that your husband will not encounter any difficulties leaving the US and renewing his passport in a timely manner (waiting times may have changed since biometric passports are becoming the norm).