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Expired Passport Use

  • 26-05-2010 4:51pm
    #1
    spritza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭


    I have a passport thats out of date. I am 18 since October and I had a Garda Age Card up until recently when I lost it on a Friday night.

    My old passport ran out in June but it states my DOB which is all I really need along with the photo to get into clubs and use it in the off license surely? I rang the Garda station in Clontarf about my lost card and they said I will have to buy a new one to be made but I wont be allowed until September (wtf?). I wont be travelling abroad of anything soon so i dont really need to renew my passport.

    Whats the story with using the old passport in places where you need to produce age id? Will shops, pubs, etc accept it even though its expired? :confused:

    EDIT* Last thing just to mention the passport was issued about 4 or 5 years ago and I look significantly younger in the photo however you can clearly recognise it is infact me.


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  • #2
    Osgoodisgood
    Registered Users Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Osgoodisgood


    spritza wrote: »
    I have a passport thats out of date. I am 18 since October and I had a Garda Age Card up until recently when I lost it on a Friday night.

    My old passport ran out in June but it states my DOB which is all I really need along with the photo to get into clubs and use it in the off license surely? I rang the Garda station in Clontarf about my lost card and they said I will have to buy a new one to be made but I wont be allowed until September (wtf?). I wont be travelling abroad of anything soon so i dont really need to renew my passport.

    Whats the story with using the old passport in places where you need to produce age id? Will shops, pubs, etc accept it even though its expired? :confused:

    You'll find most places require a current passport or drivers license. Whether or not they actually look close enough to check is another matter.


  • #3
    messrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    say it really depends on the place you go - i mean at the end of the day its still you on the ID - altho i lost my passport and when to guards to get signed form to get new one and the only ID i had was expired driving licence ( i had stopped driving) adn guard said he coudlnt except it as valid ID as it was out of date!

    id say most places will look at date of birth and wont bother looking at expiration date.


  • #4
    spritza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭spritza


    Lets say in the short term.. do you think it will work in places such as Tesco, Mace, etc those supermarket/shop type places that sell drink and cigarettes?


  • #5
    Lu Tze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    messrs wrote: »
    say it really depends on the place you go - i mean at the end of the day its still you on the ID - altho i lost my passport and when to guards to get signed form to get new one and the only ID i had was expired driving licence ( i had stopped driving) adn guard said he coudlnt except it as valid ID as it was out of date!

    id say most places will look at date of birth and wont bother looking at expiration date.


    Reminds me of Dara O brien

    You ID is out of date

    But its still me!!


  • #6
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,981 ✭✭✭Degag


    spritza wrote: »
    Lets say in the short term.. do you think it will work in places such as Tesco, Mace, etc those supermarket/shop type places that sell drink and cigarettes?

    Ii would imagine so. Don't think they will check the expiration date.


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  • #7
    Mark200
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,536 ✭✭✭Mark200


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Reminds me of Dara O brien

    You ID is out of date

    But its still me!!

    Yeah that's the first thing that came to my mind too :D


  • #8
    EmacB
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭EmacB


    some places only except garda id :(


  • #9
    Seloth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭Seloth


    Most places take it,tescos wont ann some nightclubs.


  • #10
    spritza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭spritza


    So tesco definitely wont accept it no?


  • #11
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    Ive been using mine as proof of age for the last few months and havnt had any problems so far. I'd say its a mix between looking over 18 and most bouncers not checking that its expired


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  • #12
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    I'll make you a new passport. I only charge €20.

    Here's two I made last week for some satisfied customers:

    http://tinyurl.com/36w8ug9

    http://tinyurl.com/325x6pv


  • #13
    DazMarz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    I'm only 21, but thanks to my general appearance (lazy bastard and being 6' 2" and so on...) I often get mistaken for being 28 or so (and have been called such...:mad::()

    The best laugh I got was in one place where the server got snotty with me (I haven't been I.D.'d since I was 16!!!) and asked "Are you eighteen?" and I decided I'd try, "No, I'm 27."

    Talk about an embarrassed head on your wan. She couldn't get me out of the place with whatever I wanted quick enough!:D


  • #14
    spritza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭spritza


    OpenYourEyes wrote: »
    Ive been using mine as proof of age for the last few months and havnt had any problems so far. I'd say its a mix between looking over 18 and most bouncers not checking that its expired

    Can i ask is the majority of places you've tried in Dublin?


  • #15
    UrbanSea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,335 ✭✭✭✭UrbanSea


    Why don't you just go out and try it rather than asking here all day?


  • #16
    OpenYourEyes
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,069 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    spritza wrote: »
    Can i ask is the majority of places you've tried in Dublin?


    Yeah the majority were in Dublin!


  • #17
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    If it doesn't work you can always sell it to Isreal for a few bob.


  • #18
    spritza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭spritza


    greetings wrote: »
    Why don't you just go out and try it rather than asking here all day?

    Because ive been minding my little niece all day smartarse. Will try tomorrow or even the weekend. Rather not have my beloved Guinness tempting me during these summers days!


  • #19
    messrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    Lu Tze wrote: »
    Reminds me of Dara O brien

    You ID is out of date

    But its still me!!


    thats the reply i gave to the guard to when he said it to me - he wasnt to impressed!! and still wouldnt sign my form!


  • #20
    spritza
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭spritza


    Okay so I tried it yesterday in Tesco Artane with a 6 pack of Guinness for a 10er and it worked fine. Just went to the self service and showed the Vietnamese woman the passport and she must of glanced at the 1991 part and gave the nod. Happy about that. Hopefully though, it works with those big ass bouncers. Ill try tomorrow night.


  • #21
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    You will generally not have an issue unless you plan to buy booze in Spain in which case you will need a new passport. On the bright side, by the time you get it, you will no longer be stopped for ID as you will be 56.


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  • #22
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    spritza wrote: »
    I wont be travelling abroad of anything soon so i dont really need to renew my passport.
    You should probably renew it anyway so you don't have to do it just before you travel next. It's valid for the next 10 years.


  • #23
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,450 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    "I've lost me ID, here's an out of date passport from when I was 12"


  • #24
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    "I've lost me ID, here's an out of date passport from when I was 12"

    It can't be out of date after just 2 years!





    :p


  • #25
    1071823928
    Closed Accounts Posts: 279 ✭✭1071823928


    yeh its grand as long as its clearly you, i always use my old one and i never have a problem with it anywhere. except when i went to the bank.....?!


  • #26
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Places always took mine


  • #27
    lol5605
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 178 ✭✭lol5605


    my passport is out of date 2 years next week, i've never had a problem with it, a lot of places wont take my in date lisence but take that.


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