Best Proof of ID Card?

apply for a provisional licence?

Doesn't do the job I once went into HSBC with my expired passport, birth certificate, all the details my school had with my head of year signing it and handwriting "I prove that so and so is a student here" etc, current bank card and statements and the BITE Card - this apparently wasn't enough to prove I am who I am...

Doesn't do the job I once went into HSBC with my expired passport, birth certificate, all the details my school had with my head of year signing it and handwriting "I prove that so and so is a student here" etc, current bank card and statements and the BITE Card - this apparently wasn't enough to prove I am who I am...

I may be wrong here, but I vaguely remember that when applying for an NUS card, for a bit of extra money you can get an ID card as well? But for me a provisional licence does the job in most places. In my experience, even in the bank they accept provisionals if it's an emergency and you do a signature sample for them

CitizenCard.

It's risky having your passport around when you're getting smashed. And I can't get a provisional due to Epilepsy.

Your prov should have a digital signiture and your photo. So always accepted. NUS gives you an international student ID to say you are merely a student but does not prove ID.

I used it to open many bank/saving accounts and it worked a charm

If you arent going to actually drive or anything and use it as a form of ID purely then why not just get one anyway. I thought people with epilepsy could drive or at least get a licence.

If you think about it, someone might have a seizure whilst driving causing an accident. Even a millisecond long seizure (which is my typical type) could be disastrous.
So it's fairly standard that an epileptic wouldn't be given a license. Not even a provisional.

Firstly: A BITE card is not a legal proof of identity or well known one rather. So no place is under obligation or rather public pressure to accept one. IE: If you give the local offie your BITE Card and they say no - then that means no. But give them a Driving Licence and they say no - people will cause a furore)

Secondly: When you decide to do something outside of Essex - You cannot use a Be identified throughout ESSEX card say in London or Southampton.

Thirdly: No bank or other official place of business would accept a BITE card for proof of ID.


MORAL OF THE STORY: You are better off with a driving licence or a Valid Passport. CitizenCard may be good enough but in some cases cannot substitute the real deal. CitizenCard cannot help with opening bank accounts and legal business etc.... and opening a job,registering Births,Deaths,Marriages etc...



Banks do not accept expired passports. All bank branches in my area anyway.
Birth Certificates say at the bottom: WARNING THIS IS NOT A PROOF OF IDENTITY (Something like that) Any guy your age could use your Birth Cert. and fake being you if possible.

No Bank accepts a BITE card. This is for small business in Essex I presume so a bank with a HQ in say Leicester wouldn't accept one

Just get a provisional or a valid passport. Both come in handy for other things (driving, holidays)

If you have epilepsy and want to drive, there's a time period where you can't have any seizures before you're allowed to drive. Think it's a year or 2. If you have a seizure within that time then you have to wait again. Basically if you're epileptic and REALLY want to drive then that's what you'd do but it's not really worth it.