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JC43

My brother is currently in states and had his cards stolen. He is able to get a new bank card processed but is finding it hard to get a drink as his age card and driving licence were stolen . Both of which he'd needs a garda to verify or go to special driving licence place in ireland.
Anyone any idea what he'd use ... he doesn't want to keep bringing out his passport . Thanks

Badly Drunk Boy

22 years ago, a few weeks after getting my first passport I lost it in Amsterdam*. I had to go to the consulate in The Hague to get a new one. Can he do something similar (except not the Hague :pac: )?





*No drugs were used in the losing of this passport.

gramar

JC43 wrote: »

My brother is currently in states and had his cards stolen. He is able to get a new bank card processed but is finding it hard to get a drink as his age card and driving licence were stolen . Both of which he'd needs a garda to verify or go to special driving licence place in ireland.
Anyone any idea what he'd use ... he doesn't want to keep bringing out his passport . Thanks

Ah yes...you get your cards stolen but the most important thing is how to get a drink.

degsie

Seems like a good opportunity to give up the drink and start a new hobby.

OldMrBrennan83

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Kimbot

Well if he is in the US on holiday then he won't get an age card/drivers license sorted until he is back home. So the only real option is using his passport.

whoopsadoodles

Last time I was in the US they thought the age card was fake ID.

AllForIt

degsie wrote: »

Seems like a good opportunity to give up the drink and start a new hobby.

Good thinking. One doesn't need ID to buy hardcore drugs.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Surprised they accept the age card or licence in the states TBH
I've been in Canada and the states and they won't accept the age card as a valid form of ID though some places use their descretion though I was told to bring a different form of ID with me the next time

Drivers licence was a joke in the states they couldn't believe our licence was on a piece of paper

razorblunt

You pretty much have to use your passport in the States, they only recognise their driving licences. A lot of staff/doorman weren't comfortable with UK driving licences when I was over and I'm just gone past 30.

Faith+1

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Surprised they accept the age card or licence in the states TBH
I've been in Canada and the states and they won't accept the age card as a valid form of ID though some places use their descretion though I was told to bring a different form of ID with me the next time

Drivers licence was a joke in the states they couldn't believe our licence was on a piece of paper

Very true. I remember trying to buy a pack of cigs and was asked for ID, I showed him my driving licence and he was like WTF is this? I was 27 at the time and the legal age for smoking is 18, I didn't get them. :mad:

JupiterKid

Sorry to hear about your brother OP but he'll have to suck it up and use his passport, if that hasn't been stolen along with his cards. Yanks don't recognise our driving licences or age cards (I was way too old to have those!) and are super strict about carding anyone who looks in their early 20s.

When I did my J1 in the States in the 90s, I was very very lucky as I had long hair and a goatee and hardly got IDd anywhere.

Got refused ciggies in a 7/11 because I didn't have California State ID...

ohnonotgmail

all those people saying that our driving licences were not accepted i'm assuming you are only referring to the old paper licences?

CPSW

He is going to have to use his passport I'd say!  As people mentioned anything other than a proper driving licence or passport for ID and they wont accept it.  Was in Madison Square Garden at a basketball game a few years back (33 at the time) and they wouldn't serve me a beer even with my brutal looking paper driving licence, couldn't blame them really!

JC43

CPSW wrote: »

He is going to have to use his passport I'd say!  As people mentioned anything other than a proper driving licence or passport for ID and they wont accept it.  Was in Madison Square Garden at a basketball game a few years back (33 at the time) and they wouldn't serve me a beer even with my brutal looking paper driving licence, couldn't blame them really!

Yep - bring it out and be careful !
Problem is he's not even able to gain entry to some pubs and clubs. Even if he was just taking a bottle of orange

Ipso

One time my Irish passport wasn't good enough, ideally they want a US state drivers license. Depends on the place/bouncers.

corner of hells

I can only just imagine the reaction of the bloke who robbed the OPs brother when he opens up the wallet and finds an Irish driving licence, identity cards, a padre pio medal and an xtravision card.

Boom_Bap

Photocopy the passport, take pictures/video of it and keep it on his phone for backup to try authenticate the photocopy.

Mrs OBumble

Ipso wrote: »

One time my Irish passport wasn't good enough, ideally they want a US state drivers license. Depends on the place/bouncers.

That was just the local way of saying "sorry but you've enough taken" which really means "nope, I've heard your accent, no troublemakers like you in here thanks"

Atlantic Dawn

The Garda Age ID would have no legal basis outside Ireland and would be worthless either way. Some pubs may not ask for ID but what I have seen happen in US is sometimes they will look for ID for every single person entering a pub on a night, even those in their 40's and beyond. The Passport card would have been a nice Plan B.

There's big fines in US for people caught drinking underage, the business can be closed down.

Permabear

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CeilingFly

If he's there for the summer, then maybe get him to apply for the passport card https://passportonline.dfa.ie/#

Once it arrives you can post it to him.

JC43

CeilingFly wrote: »

If he's there for the summer, then maybe get him to apply for the passport card https://passportonline.dfa.ie/#

Once it arrives you can post it to him.

Thanks .... great idea

Glenster

Just use the passport dramasaurous.