WHAT WOULD YOU DO? You and your friend get to the airport and as the airline agent is checking over your passports they notice that your friend's expires in less than 3 months and the country you are traveling to requires a passport to have 3 months validity remaining before they will allow you to enter or issue a travel visa. DO YOU GET ON THE PLANE WITHOUT YOUR FRIEND? .Tough choice right? This is why you should always check over your travel documents and know the amount of validity required by the country you are visiting. And while some countries require less than 3 months, many require 6 – this isn't a requirement of the US government but of other countries..If your passport is nearing 6 month mark, that is the time that you should be sending it off for renewal..Check out the link in my bio for a post about more travel mistakes to avoid.