Thanks for the comments guys.

I was a police liaison officer with passport office in UK so have/had considerable background knowledge about UK passports, including myths and misunderstandings. It is for that reason I ask what the law demands, not because I want to test what an officer at the immigration desk might understand/misunderstand about the law, but why anyone needs to go to the expense and inconvenience of renewing a PP if it is not a legal requirement.

I know UK nationals do not need a PP to enter UK. I cannot believe the same does not apply to RoP. After all, how many Filipinos who have never travelled have a PP, thus not a requirement to live there.

I know, in most circumstances airlines will not let one travel without a valid PP but that is not the law but the rules which apply to airline repatriating passengers who are not permitted to enter countries.



John