proof of age (18)

hyltonlad

hi this is my 1st post on this board my youngest daughter will be 18 shortly.she will need id proof of age so she can go out on the town lol.she has a provisional driving licence but i think its better if she has other proof in case her licence gets lost.she is a student at a training provider so has no studend card,would anyone know the best company to provide id proofs.
thanks hyltonlad

Lokolo

http://www.citizencard.com/

However I suspect most bars and pubs would only accept Drivers Licence and Passport anyway.

The_One_Who

A lot of places will only accept a full driving licence or a passport as acceptable forms of ID. Others will accept a photographic student card (as long as it as a DOB on it) or a PASS card such as the Citizen Card. Really the best thing to do is have either a full driving licence or a passport as those are universally accepted.

hyltonlad

thanks for the reply,s our older daughter used proof gb their websiye no longer available so i would rather try else were.she never had a problem with it.
thanks again hyltronlad

MrsManda

I use a Citizencard with a PASS logo as posted by Lokolo and have never had any problems.
I don't have a driving licence (full or provisional) due to health reasons and I hate taking my passport out.

amiehall

Most places here only accept a passport or driving licence. I do have a PASS id card thingy and tried out using it a couple of times when I had to change the address on my licence. 2/3 times I'd say it was rejected. They're pretty militant about ID here though, I hadn't been asked in about 2 years to show some before I came here. At the end of the day, the cost of replacing the licence isn't that high and, other than for id its not required on a day to day basis.

V_Chic_Chick

Here's another vote for just taking out the driving licence.

Whilst quite a few places say that they accept citizencards and the like, the high staff turnover (the last UK pub I worked in saw anything less than 100% annual staff turnover as cause for celebration) and generally poor staff training means that it is not unlikely that they will be turned away by staff / bouncers. Whilst working as one of more experienced members of bar staff at the above pub, I had to stop new members of staff turning away unfortunate members of the public with such cards.

Driving licences and passports are the only reliably accepted ID. Most people just take out their driving licences, given that it fits in a wallet and you're pretty unlikely to lose them (and even if she did, it's highly likely that it will be handed in to the bar and she can get it back - I lost count of how many times I returned lost ID to people). And if worst comes to worst, a replacement is only £20 - not much more than a citizencard etc.

NKLK

as a personal license holder i only accept passport or drivers license

hyltonlad

thanks for the help.
hyltonlad

Jessie11

In my uni town it's driving licence or passport. Student cards are no good apart from at the union.

jjblondie

NKLK wrote: »

as a personal license holder i only accept passport or drivers license

Can I ask why you don't accept a CitizenCard, considering that it is government approved and also involves identity checking?