Age card question?

El Weirdo · 07-04-2011 12:23AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Must depend on the Garda because I only had one form of ID and he signed it straight away. It was a passport too.

But you also have bewbs, no?

Wolfe Tone · 07-04-2011 12:23AM

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Why the fook did ya order the form through post, when you could have simply gone into your local Garda Station, got a form, filled it out, left your photos/documents there, and had it sent off for processing there and then?

Wasted a good few days there I tell ya.

No its different now, you pay online and they send forms out.

Wolfbrand Morro · 07-04-2011 12:24AM

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Why the fook did ya order the form through post, when you could have simply gone into your local Garda Station, got a form, filled it out, left your photos/documents there, and had it sent off for processing there and then?

Wasted a good few days there I tell ya.

Went to do that and they said you have to apply online =S

07-04-2011 12:27AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

But you also have bewbs, no?

*checks*

Yes, yes I do!

Also, no make up and all that jazz the dude was probably like WTF is this oul one applying for one of these yokes for!

07-04-2011 12:29AM

Actually what ID did you say you were gonna use when you filled out the form?

languagenerd · 07-04-2011 12:30AM

It probably depends what your student card looks like. If it looks like it could be easily faked, they mightn't take it. You're probably best off just going into the Garda station and asking.

I didn't know I'd need my birth cert when I went to get mine and had to go home and get it... Even though I had my passport, which I couldn't have had without owning a birth cert :rolleyes:

Wolfbrand Morro · 07-04-2011 12:30AM

Haven't ticked the box yet but birth cert.

geetar · 07-04-2011 01:57PM

Wolfbrand Morro wrote: »

Yes! That is the kinda answer I am looking for! Thank you muchly!

@geetar I said Age card form lol

@kevin Irving yeah I guessed as such but thats why I'm here.

:rolleyes: sorry about that, i read your post as "i got my age card from the post..":pac:

Weedikins · 07-04-2011 02:10PM

I brought my son to the garda station recently with his age card application form, along with his passport and UCD student card. Garda says he needs birth cert and passport. My son point out politely thatt he form says 'Birth cert OR passport AND other form of ID'. Garda disagreed.

No point arguing with them. So OP's birth cert and other ID might be acceptable and it might not, depending on the garda. Frustrating.

TrollHammaren · 15-04-2011 11:09PM

Jaysis, sounds like a pain.

I can't help you with the age card question, but I'm a doorman at a nightclub and I wouldn't advise chancing your arm getting into a nightclub with a student card or anything like that. I'm a TCD student, so I'm usually a bit lenient when it comes to accepting student cards, but you'll most likely end up being unlucky and not getting in anywhere!

NotExactly · 16-04-2011 01:53AM

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

8 weeks? I had mine in just over three.

They send them off in batches, so it could take three weeks or even three months.

Oh_Noes · 16-04-2011 02:10AM

El Weirdo wrote: »

Lol. I can walk into a pub, ask for a pint and I get it. It's great being old.

I'm old too but still get asked for ID. I'm 29 but I suppose I look younger, maybe 4/5 years max. I find at local supermarkets I often get asked by African women at checkouts for ID. I point out that they're African because they all have been, and it's understandable to an extent, if I was in Nigeria or Ghana or somehwere I probably wouldn't be able to tell a 17 year from a 29 year old because the men look a bit different from Irish men and vice versa (big breath after the "I'm not a racist" disclaimer).

So this scenario has happened to me 4-5 times. I get asked for ID. When I have it, all I have is my driver's license, which is a full license and was issued six years ago. I produce this and get refused on the basis that "We can only accept age cards". Age cards weren't even around when I turned 18 so of course I don't have one and don't ever intend on getting one. At this point I usually stand bemused for a few seconds and just ask for the manager.

Why don't they just go all out and rename the age card to something more appropriate like "drink card" or "Alcohol License" It's absurd in this country that we have to have a seperate card for 18-20somethings to just buy drink. If a driving license or passport is good enough for the guards then it should be good enough for everyone else.

Aoifey! · 16-04-2011 02:16AM

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Why don't they just go all out and rename the age card to something more appropriate like "drink card" or "Alcohol License" It's absurd in this country that we have to have a seperate card for 18-20somethings to just buy drink. If a driving license or passport is good enough for the guards then it should be good enough for everyone else.

I find Aldi, Lidl and sometimes Tesco are the worst for this. Tesco will accept passports or age cards, Aldi is only age card, and I think Lidl is only age card. Almost every off license will accept passports and a lot will accept driver's license.

I lost my age card in Dublin a month or 2 ago and it's a pain carrying around the massive passport (not to mention the fear of losing it). Sending off the form for a new age card next week, but judging by how long the first one took I could be waiting a long time.

Apanachi · 07-06-2011 10:05AM

ardinn wrote: »

An age card is the ONLY form of identification legally allowed now in public houses, Even passports/ drivers Licences will get the publican into bother should something arrise. Although they are usually accepted, legally, an age card MUST be produced.

Sorry to drag this up again, but I was wondering what if you're not entitled to a Garda Age Card (eg not living in Ireland) I'm Irish but living abroad, so I probably couldn't get one (not that I'm likely to be asked, whereas I look young for my age, I would never be mistaken for under 18).

If passports aren't accepted, what do 18 year old tourists use?

TrollHammaren · 07-06-2011 10:09AM

Apanachi wrote: »

Sorry to drag this up again, but I was wondering what if you're not entitled to a Garda Age Card (eg not living in Ireland) I'm Irish but living abroad, so I probably couldn't get one (not that I'm likely to be asked, whereas I look young for my age, I would never be mistaken for under 18).

If passports aren't accepted, what do 18 year old tourists use?

We were actually told at DSP training to be wary of Age Cards, and that passports or driving licences are generally better. A passport is fine, as is a foreign driver's licence.

biko · 07-06-2011 10:38AM

Apanachi wrote: »

If passports aren't accepted, what do 18 year old tourists use?

Passports carried by young foreigners usually work, at least when I've been to clubs with young foreign friends.
Irish are expected to use age cards or similar.

plug-in-baby · 07-06-2011 11:23AM

ahhh the same situation happened to me when i turned 18 !
passport got stolen and had no id ! went down to the garda station with my birth cert when filling out the form and my dad came down with me with his drivers licence to prove i was his daughter and they were likee yea grand and processed it!

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