It’s called the 3 and 6 month validity rule. Every country has a different requirement and it’s your responsibility to know what that is. The turn around for passports gets longer as summer approaches. Has this happened to anyone? I have friends who caught it in time a week before and we’re able to do emergency passports but that’s an expensive nail biter. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/passport-help/faqs.html | Samantha Brown