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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-810/article-12",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/810",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-810",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Travel document",
  "text": "The applicant shall present a valid travel document satisfying the following criteria:\n(a) its validity shall extend at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States or, in the case of several visits, after the last intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States. However, in a justified case of emergency, this obligation may be waived;\n(b) it shall contain at least two blank pages;\n(c) it shall have been issued within the previous 10 years.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/810/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:17.278854+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}