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i dont have a passport or garda id...?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,900 ✭✭✭General General


    Clearl wrote: »
    or driving licenses etc just an ISIC card...so until i get a passport etc. what can i use as ID

    Ryanair will accept a kidney.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭ap1986


    Clearl wrote: »
    or driving licenses etc just an ISIC card...so until i get a passport etc. what can i use as ID
    a student card??? but for the sake of 10 euro a garda age card is well worth it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭Clearl


    For going out obv..

    i cant get a garda card until i get a passport so it will be another 2 or3 weeks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭Miss Dymph


    Why cant you get a garda card until u get a passport? All u need for id is your birthcert and one other form of identity and two photos, im on what must be my 4th card but theyre great for 10euro instead of risking ur passports safety


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭Redlion


    Your ability to grow facial hair!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭Clearl


    in the meantime, would clubs accept a student card??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    What about a driving license?


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    Clearl wrote: »
    in the meantime, would clubs accept a student card??

    If it has picture a date of birth, and is from a college they've heard of. For example if you have a card from the Unlikely College of Dubai, they are probably not going to let you in.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭Clearl


    dont have driving license


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89 ✭✭Miss Dymph


    Clearl wrote: »
    in the meantime, would clubs accept a student card??


    some will yeah but obviously only in Ireland and even at that they dont have to, places like Tesco for buying alcohol insist on garda card or passport but student cards do work in clubs but then again it depends on how young you are and if your DOB is obviously on the card


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Sorry man, looks like your social life is doomed forever.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    Clearl wrote: »
    dont have driving license

    Get a provisional licence.

    Only certain legal forms of photo ID are accepted at bars, clubs, airports etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    A birth cert. Would look a bit silly going to a bouncer with that though :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    A birth cert. Would look a bit silly going to a bouncer with that though :D

    People do try it. I see it now and again.
    They'll use the cert and their mate's credit card.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    ...sorry mate, not tonight,


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    Miss Dymph wrote: »
    some will yeah but obviously only in Ireland and even at that they dont have to, places like Tesco for buying alcohol insist on garda card or passport but student cards do work in clubs but then again it depends on how young you are and if your DOB is obviously on the card
    First time I tried to buy drink in tesco at 16 I got

    cashier 1 "are ye 18 yeah?"
    me "yea"
    while cashier 1 is scanning
    cashier 2 "thats not how ye ask! Do ya have ID on ye?"
    me "no sorry"
    cashier 1 "right thats 22.50"
    :D



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 teatoast


    Clearl wrote: »
    in the meantime, would clubs accept a student card??
    It can be a bit hit and miss. I had to argue my way in once after the bouncer told me that legally they aren't allowed to take a student card as proof of age. So while you might get away with it, its not the most reliable especially if its a busy night or you're also struck with the curse of looking much younger than you are like I am. :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Hasmunch


    Laminate your birth cert and bring it out with you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    Use a Machamp pokemon card because you're a beast


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭sherdydan


    Rabies wrote: »
    Get a provisional licence.

    Only certain legal forms of photo ID are accepted at bars, clubs, airports etc.

    provisional licence isnt a legally acceptable form of ID either, the only 3 are passport, garda age card and full driving licence.

    always thaught it was a bit ridiculous as the provisional and full driving licence are the exact same except for the colour of the paper and what is said on the front page.

    saying that though clubs here in town usually took my provisional, as they would give it a quick flash under the UV light.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭CiaranMT


    Hasmunch wrote: »
    Laminate your birth cert and bring it out with you.

    That's be a sight to behold. Lad out on the lash with an A3+ size piece of rigid paper.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,257 ✭✭✭✭Rabies


    sherdydan wrote: »
    Rabies wrote: »
    Get a provisional licence.

    Only certain legal forms of photo ID are accepted at bars, clubs, airports etc.

    provisional licence isnt a legally acceptable form of ID either, the only 3 are passport, garda age card and full driving licence.

    always thaught it was a bit ridiculous as the provisional and full driving licence are the exact same except for the colour of the paper and what is said on the front page.

    saying that though clubs here in town usually took my provisional, as they would give it a quick flash under the UV light.
    Wow. Never knew that. Bit stupid. Should be fine.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 9,893 CMod ✭✭✭✭Shield


    Hasmunch wrote: »
    Laminate your birth cert and bring it out with you.
    If you laminate your birth cert, you've just rendered it null and void. Birth Certs cannot be laminated. This is seen as an amendment to the document, and because the details can no longer be verified as authentic, in other words, that they haven't been tampered with, be prepared for a trip Joyce House to cough up for a new one.

    Don't be embarrassed though, people have started doing this themselves to try and preserve what's left of their original birth cert, and the staff in Joyce House are very used to seeing laminated birth certs coming their way. They'll also need to take if from you and destroy it before they'll issue you with a new one.

    Laminating your birth cert = bad idea.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭Hasmunch


    Laminate your birth cert and bring it out with you.

    Shield wrote: »
    If you laminate your birth cert, you've just rendered it null and void. Birth Certs cannot be laminated. This is seen as an amendment to the document, and because the details can no longer be verified as authentic, in other words, that they haven't been tampered with, be prepared for a trip Joyce House to cough up for a new one.

    Don't be embarrassed though, people have started doing this themselves to try and preserve what's left of their original birth cert, and the staff in Joyce House are very used to seeing laminated birth certs coming their way. They'll also need to take if from you and destroy it before they'll issue you with a new one.

    Laminating your birth cert = bad idea.

    I ment it as a joke but that's handy information to know in case a replacement is ever needed!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,651 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    CiaranMT wrote: »
    That's be a sight to behold. Lad out on the lash with an A3+ size piece of rigid paper.
    What sort of freak-ass birth certificate do you have?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭dee.


    I agree that it's hit and miss and depends on the doormen on the night. There's one club in my town (the best of a bad bunch, although they make people queue outside even when it isn't full so they "look better") that will never accept student ID, regardless of how busy they are. I've never seen anyone turned away at the others with it though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,461 ✭✭✭dee.


    Oh and someone said Tesco wouldn't accept the student ID, I guess this too depends on the store/person working because my friend has bought alcohol several times in there using her student ID.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,583 ✭✭✭mconigol


    Shield wrote: »
    If you laminate your birth cert, you've just rendered it null and void. Birth Certs cannot be laminated. This is seen as an amendment to the document, and because the details can no longer be verified as authentic, in other words, that they haven't been tampered with, be prepared for a trip Joyce House to cough up for a new one.

    Don't be embarrassed though, people have started doing this themselves to try and preserve what's left of their original birth cert, and the staff in Joyce House are very used to seeing laminated birth certs coming their way. They'll also need to take if from you and destroy it before they'll issue you with a new one.

    Laminating your birth cert = bad idea.

    emm...I don't think he was being serious?!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,017 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Dunno what its like these days but fake student ID's were very easy to come by back in the day. Cant imagine a birth cert being much good either since it could be anyones really.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭wild_cat


    Years ago you used to be able to get a tiny slip of paper from the Gaurds to say that you were over 18....


    I haven't been asked for ID in quite a while :(:mad:.... and I'm not over 25 either but when I was asked and only had my student ID on me they would never accept it. It has to be a passport or an official Age Card as lots of places won't accept a drivers licence.


    My age card was in a handbag that was robbed about a year ago.. I hate bringing out my passport but since no one asks anymore I just leave it at home.I know some night some nark is going to ask and I won't have it. Actually I was ID'd for smokes in a Centra around easter. Told him I had no ID and he said he couldn't serve me... Manager let a shout from the back of the shop saying "he only does that to try compliment girls... give her the smokes".


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