Will a broken or expired id get accepted for a night out?
Posted by Dry-Lengthiness4305@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 14 comments
It’s my birthday on Friday and the only id I currently have is a driving license that is snapped in half and cellotaped together but it has worked and hasn’t worked before, I also have an expired passport. I don’t want to book somewhere and then get turned around at the door. Will most places in the Manchester area accept a cellotaped not expired id and an expired passport for backup proof if they question it
AirBiscuitBarrel@reddit
I work behind a bar and I wouldn't risk talking an expired ID.
A crack in your driving licence is fine, but I wouldn't take one that's snapped clean in two.
Dry-Lengthiness4305@reddit (OP)
Even if the passport is only 8 months expired you wouldn’t accept?
onionsareawful@reddit
go and order a new ID.
i would try with the out-of-date passport first, assuming it isn't hugely out of date. i can see a few places taking it, a cellotaped drivers licence less so
Dry-Lengthiness4305@reddit (OP)
Already ordered just need it for Friday, my passport is only 8 months expired so i will try with that
ppppanda@reddit
An excessively damaged or expired id would not be considered legal Id and should not be accepted.
However if your willing to go around trying a few places then you'll probably fine somewhere that will let you in with them.
neilm1000@reddit
Yes and no. I know I'm being picky but there isn't a definition of legal ID in the UK. That's why there is such a mish mash list for voting.
Suspicious_Flower_0@reddit
At least in the big blue supermarket I work in, the legal training for restricted sales specifically says that out of date passports are fine as long as everything else is good
fastestman4704@reddit
Expired should he fine, I use my old passport and i don't remember the last time it was a problem.
Broken probably won't be good, especially if the photo and text are separated.
How old are you, and how expired is expired? If you're 18 then that could be anyone really, if you're 47 the ID is a formality.
twonaq@reddit
Depends if they like you or not
ExoticExchange@reddit
I would take both. Whilst neither should technically be accepted my logic would be that the more evidence you have that you are you and that your date of birth is one making you legal age, the more likely you are to have pity taken on you by someone on the door.
Your chance of success likely varies a lot based on your behaviour too. If you’re say 19 and part of a big group of lads I suspect your success would be lower than as a 30 year old woman with two friends.
Suspicious_Flower_0@reddit
Out of date passport is usually fine (assuming it isn't a child passport from when you were 9 and now 29), taped together driving license not so much
MJ-Franklin@reddit
Usually not. You might get some non-cunty bouncers though.
panic_attack_999@reddit
Let's keep this realistic shall we?
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