Can I use expired passport as ID?

InsideInsurance

westv wrote: »

Why not? A passport that has been cancelled will have one corner cut off.

A valid passport that has been cancelled will. They won't cut the corner off an expired passport though.

So having just gotten married the misses has 2 old expired passports in her maiden name which are in tact, one old passport that was cancelled due the name change and the corner is cut off and her new passport.

t0rt0ise

westv wrote: »

Sounds like an anal company to me.

It's not a matter of being anal, it's a matter of them being sure they comply with the law. If they do something wrong, they stand to lose a lot.

Evilm

I have been refused by a company to use that as ID before. Luckily I do have a Driving License that is still in date even though its Provisional.

You can apply for the Age Card which is only a few pounds. Much cheaper and is accepted as valid UK ID I believe.

Savvy_Sue

Evilm wrote: »

I have been refused by a company to use that as ID before. Luckily I do have a Driving License that is still in date even though its Provisional.

You can apply for the Age Card which is only a few pounds. Much cheaper and is accepted as valid UK ID I believe.

I don't see how either a driving licence or an Age Card prove your right to work in the UK. They may help establish that you are who you say you are, but you'd need your full UK birth certificate to establish that you're entitled to work here.

HappyMJ

Anyone can get a driving license whether they are legally here or not. All an illegal immigrant needs to do is change their foreign license for a UK one. Same with NIN. They may have had the right to work previously (maybe a temporary work visa) and have now lost that right to work. I use my birth certificate and a letter from the DWP as ID.

Evilm

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

I don't see how either a driving licence or an Age Card prove your right to work in the UK. They may help establish that you are who you say you are, but you'd need your full UK birth certificate to establish that you're entitled to work here.

Apologies. Whenever I have been asked I provide both my Driving license AND my Birth Certificate. Most haven't just accept the Birth Certificate on its own as proof and require some sort of Photo ID as well.

Savvy_Sue

Evilm wrote: »

Apologies. Whenever I have been asked I provide both my Driving license AND my Birth Certificate. Most haven't just accept the Birth Certificate on its own as proof and require some sort of Photo ID as well.

That makes sense: photo ID to establish that you really are Evilm, plus something that proves your right to work - a passport serves both purposes, of course! but is probably the only document which does.