BRITS with holiday plans are being forced to cancel their trips due to delays and mistakes when renewing their passports.

Travellers are warning of long waiting times in getting their passports back as thousands of Brits plan to leave the UK following the easing of Covid restrictions.

The government website states customers should allow up to 10 weeks to receive their passport after submitting their application.

It also says the typical processing times for standard online applications was between five and six weeks for the week ending March 20, 2022.

However, hundreds of furious people have taken to Twitter to say they have been waiting longer than that and have been forced to cancel their holiday because their passport didn't arrive in time, with some being left thousands of pounds out of pocket.

One person wrote: "My daughter has missed her holiday despite the application going in on January 31. Also out of pocket."

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Another put: "I still haven't had mine back after over 10 weeks! Due to fly in three weeks."

Someone else wrote: "Renewed seven weeks ago was advised it would come in time. Hours on hold, no call backs."

A fourth tweeted: "Applied with plenty of time – stated 5 weeks at time of application. Had 10 weeks to travel. Looks like £4k holiday will be wasted."

Others are even reporting that mistakes are being made on their passports which has prevented them from going abroad.

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Someone wrote: "Paying for two fast track appointments because you made mistakes on both, my 15-year-old cannot go on our holiday tomorrow."

The Home Office has been contacted for a comment.

Data from Co-op Insurance, using figures from the Passport Office show that as many as 4.5 million Brits – almost 7 per cent of the UK population – will see their documents expire before July 18 when schools break up for summer.

Today's passport warning comes just 24 hours after another passport warning was made as Brits were banned from boarding flights due to confusing rules.

New rules were introduced after the UK left the EU regarding how many months are needed to be on the passport to be able to travel.

Previously, Brits just needed to have a passport that was in date to be able to travel to countries across Europe, but new rules are now in place.

The government website confirms that Brits need to have at least three months left on their passport to be able to travel to an EU country, stating it must be "valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave (check the ‘expiry date’)".

However, airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair require six months – causing confusion.

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Earlier this year, a woman was banned from boarding her flight to Bali as her passport was too mouldy.

And back in November, a mum was banned from her flight after she was told her passport was out of date – even though it wasn't.

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