Bank won't give my dad his money

GaleSF63

This is another instance that indicates the advisability of renewing your driving licence - as long as you are fit to drive - even if you have no intention of driving again. My opinion is that licences should also be able to be renewed to those who aren't fit to drive any more as long as there is a clear indication of this - like a different colour licence.

jimjames

retiredbanker1 said:

Brie said:

There should be no reason that Barclays shouldn't accept an out of date passport or driver's licence assuming the latter has the photo card.  Other things to check are bus passes and voter ID cards.  If distance is an issue would a video appointment be possible?  (basically a skype or zoom meeting)

Sorry but this is incorrect. If you can't use the passport to travel you can't use it for ID.

You can certainly use it as ID for voting even if expired. The same may apply for other things too. I use my expired one regularly for ID for parcels etc. The rules of each organisation may be different but worth checking.

https://www.gov.uk/how-to-vote/photo-id-youll-need 

Spendless

Marchitiello said:

retiredbanker1 said:

Brie said:

There should be no reason that Barclays shouldn't accept an out of date passport or driver's licence assuming the latter has the photo card.  Other things to check are bus passes and voter ID cards.  If distance is an issue would a video appointment be possible?  (basically a skype or zoom meeting)

Sorry but this is incorrect. If you can't use the passport to travel you can't use it for ID.

Interesting observation, and I believe it depend on the actual picture being representative of the current likeness of the person, but do you know that if you have been abroad and your passport has expired you can indeed travel back into your country of origin as far as you have another form of identification recognised in the country of departure (but could be one not valid as a travel document)? On arrival back into the UK you would only present your expired passport and will be allowed in? So not necessarily true to your statement 

We have a relative who actually did this, having decided last minute to attend a family wedding in England. Admittedly this was 2 months before 9/11 so not so sure they'd be as flexible about it now - relative was coming from Canada.