'Travellers' antics at Canvey & Southend during the weekend.

[Yorkshire Blue]

We don't have identity cards, so would we have to show our passports anyway?

I tend to use my driving licence as ID when I fly within the British Isles.

I've never really understood the (so-called) libertarian argument against ID cards.

Personally,(as a freelance), I find my ID card very useful when asking for receipts/proving my identity etc.

I've managed to survive quite happily without having to pay for one.

I don't understand the point in having a passport and an ID card. It seems unnecessarily bureaucratic.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

I tend to use my driving licence as ID when I fly within the British Isles.



I've managed to survive quite happily without having to pay for one.

I don't understand the point in having a passport and an ID card. It seems unnecessarily bureaucratic.

Presumably, you also use your driving licence as proof of ID in the UK?

My British driving licence,(which is still valid),was issued before a photo was required.

Don't think I'd get far trying to fly with it,whereas my Spanish resident's card is the only document I need to travel in most European countries.

 

[Benfleet A1]

Presumably, you also use your driving licence as proof of ID in the UK?

My British driving licence,(which is still valid),was issued before a photo was required

Don't think I'd get far trying to fly with it,whereas my Spanish resident's card is the only document I need to travel in most European countries.

Which makes it both invalid and illegal with a large fine. You require a photo licence, end of.

 

[blues_r_best]

Don't think I'd get far trying to fly with it,whereas my Spanish resident's card is the only document I need to travel in most European countries.

So what's the difference between it and a passport?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

So what's the difference between it and a passport?

It's an ID card (has your photo and fiscal number on it) but isn't accepted as a travel document outside the EU nor in those misguided EU countries, (IMO), which haven't signed up for Schegen.

 

[blues_r_best]

It's an ID card (has your photo and fiscal number on it) but isn't accepted as a travel document outside the EU nor in those misguided EU countries, (IMO), which haven't signed up for Schegen.

Is there anything that the ID is accepted for that a passport is not?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Is there anything that the ID is accepted for that a passport is not?

See post 51 above.

It's also much smaller than a passport and fits quite nicely in my Shrimpers Trust card holder (along with T-10 2 zones and T-10 1 zone cards) etc :smiles:

 

[davewebbsbrain]

See post 51 above.

It's also much smaller than a passport and fits quite nicely in my Shrimpers Trust card holder (along with T-10 2 zones and T-10 1 zone cards) etc :smiles:

But do they actually exist?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

But do they actually exist?

Absolutely.

 

[dloman]

Which makes it both invalid and illegal with a large fine. You require a photo licence, end of.

Most certainly does.