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Alternative photo I.D for renting

veggielove
veggielove Posts: 50 Forumite
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in House buying, renting & selling
Hi

We will be renting soon and I'm told I need photo I.D not just my husband anymore.

I have no passport and I don't drive and lost my provisional years ago.

I saw online about the citizencard it says its suitable for different things one being to rent.

Can anyone confirm any experience of this? 

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  • user1977
    user1977 Posts: 18,354 Forumite
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    Why not just get a replacement driving licence? Driving licences and passports are much more widely accepted than anything else. 
  • rexmedorum
    rexmedorum Posts: 782 Forumite
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    user1977 said:
    Why not just get a replacement driving licence? Driving licences and passports are much more widely accepted than anything else. 
    or just get a passport? Either way it's surely an issue to come up from time to time if you have no ID.
  • veggielove
    veggielove Posts: 50 Forumite
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    user1977 said:
    Why not just get a replacement driving licence? Driving licences and passports are much more widely accepted than anything else. 
     I seem to need a passport for the licence thing from what I see online? 

    Passports are expensive when I don't plan to travel again anytime soon. 

    Guess I need to think about it. 
  • user1977
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    edited 13 January 2022 at 12:50AM
    veggielove said:
    user1977 said:
    Why not just get a replacement driving licence? Driving licences and passports are much more widely accepted than anything else. 
     I seem to need a passport for the licence thing from what I see online? 

    You're reading it wrongly. Think about it - lots of people have UK driving licences without even UK citizenship, never mind a UK passport. 
  • deannagone
    deannagone Posts: 1,114 Forumite
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    A passport is expensive but its for 10 years so a tenner a year (I think).  I had to bite the bullet in the end.  When you consider the hundreds, maybe thousands you'll be spending on a deposit, its not quite as significant.  And its very very useful.., no more worries when ID is mentioned lol.  I'm surprised how often I need mine.
  • veggielove
    veggielove Posts: 50 Forumite
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    Ok I'm applying for a passport now. Thanks guys! 
  • canaldumidi
    canaldumidi Posts: 3,511 Forumite
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    edited 13 January 2022 at 12:28PM
    Maybe the answer (not for the OP, for the country) is to to introduce ID cards (as most countries do).
    (waits for response....!)
    I'm sure the government would supply these free!
  • Teapot55
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    @veggielove Glad you’re able to get a passport. Probably best option for you in the long run.

    However it is quite unjust that people have to pay what for some is a substantial amount of money for what is effectively an id card when they’re not ever going to be able to afford a car or a foreign holiday  :/

    would've . . . could've . . . should've . . .

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    There's definitely no 'a' in 'definitely'.
  • Teapot55
    Teapot55 Posts: 792 Forumite
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    @canaldumidi Lol I’m biting  :)

    My objection was always that I could leave my front door on the latch, pop to the end of my road (possibly in my slippers!) to get a bottle of milk from the shop and be prosecuted for not carrying my identity card. 

    Cue the black’n’white war films . . .

    would've . . . could've . . . should've . . .

    A.A.A.S. (Associate of the Acronym Abolition Society)

    There's definitely no 'a' in 'definitely'.
  • canaldumidi
    canaldumidi Posts: 3,511 Forumite
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    Teapot55 said:
    @canaldumidi Lol I’m biting  :)

    My objection was always that I could leave my front door on the latch, pop to the end of my road (possibly in my slippers!) to get a bottle of milk from the shop and be prosecuted for not carrying my identity card. 

    Cue the black’n’white war films . . .

    Depends whether they also make it compulsory to carry it. That's a separate decision......
    Now, what was this thread about?
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