Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Foreign Office issues passport rule update for 33 countries - including Spain and Greece
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Foreign Office has issued an important update on passport rules for 33 countries in the EU. Countries within the Schengen Area require your passport to be no more than 10 years old from the point of issue.
However, most EU countries also require your passport to be valid for at least three months after your date of travel. This has led to some confusion among UK holidaymakers with many people caught out at airports and unable to board flights due to documents being out of date.As a result the Foreign Office has issued a clarification of the passport validity rules, updating its advice for 33 countries.The new advice reads: "If you are planning to travel to an EU country (except Ireland), or Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City, you must follow the Schengen area passport requirements."Your passport must be:"You must check your passport meets these requirements before you travel.
If your passport was issued before 1 October 2018, extra months may have been added to its expiry date."Contact the embassy of the country you are visiting if you think that your passport does not meet both these requirements.
Renew your passport if you need to."It's not just about meeting your chosen destination's requirements either; you'll want to leave yourself plenty of time if you need to get your document renewed.Earlier this year the Home Office warned renewals could be delayed by up to 10 weeks due to a backlog caused by the Covid pandemic.Thanks to travel bans and Covid restrictions, it's estimated that millions of UK travellers delayed their passport applications in 2020 and 2021. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - sign up to our daily newsletter here
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