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Provisional driving licence, is it recognised as ID?

Last night I was talking to a mate of mine who says she got rejected entry to a club over the weekend because the bouncer said her provisional driving licence wasnt recognised as a proper form of ID. I'm really confused about this as I've been using mine for ages and nobody has ever said anything :confused:
I'm pretty sure it is a proper form of ID and according to the DVLA it is too. Is it recognised? And do you think she should complain?

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yes
Reply 2
roobyloo
Last night I was talking to a mate of mine who says she got rejected entry to a club over the weekend because the bouncer said her provisional driving licence wasnt recognised as a proper form of ID. I'm really confused about this as I've been using mine for ages and nobody has ever said anything :confused:
I'm pretty sure it is a proper form of ID and according to the DVLA it is too. Is it recognised? And do you think she should complain?



it is a proper form of ID. Though, bouncers will reject anyone they feel like, tell her to wear a short skirt and have her baps out and she'll get in straight away next time.
Reply 3
yah, i use mine everywhere and its never been turned down! it has your D.O.B and is valid, so it should be fine.
Reply 4
I never had a problem with mine, but I have had friends turned away while trying to use it. Aparently it's because some places have lots of trouble with them being faked so just decide not to accept them. It is legal ID, but I guess company policy is company policy.
YES!!!!!!!

but my photo on my provisional license is soo crap, can i have a new photo on my full license:confused: :confused:
Reply 6
but my photo on my provisional license is soo crap, can i have a new photo on my full license


Not really. When you pass your test you give them your license and they'll send it off for you. Same picture. Don't worry about it too much - mine's ****, too, but in exactly 10 days it will be my favorite item ever.
Reply 7
Nearly every club will accept Provisional as most Uni students have it... however it doesnt work in most offies....
Reply 8
As provisional licences are quite easy to forge, a lot of places won't accept them, even though they should be valid forms of ID.
Reply 9
Yeah i know of alot of places which don't accept them, the only real form of ID that you're sure to gaurantee will work is a Passport or Full Drivers License. (unless anyone can think of anything else)

It just all depends on the place and how lenient the staff are, i've been refused entry and to be served with a pocketfull of ID.
Reply 10
It is proper ID - I've never heard of or seen anybody rejected with it.
Reply 11
When i went to sainsburies to buy a LOTTERY ticket the woman wouldn't accept my provisional as ID she said it had to be the full drivers license!?!?!?!? Crazyyy
Why are full driving licenses accepted and provisionals not? They're both just bits of plastic, and they're really similar.

Not that it matters to me in 10 days! Yeah!
Reply 13
roobyloo
Last night I was talking to a mate of mine who says she got rejected entry to a club over the weekend because the bouncer said her provisional driving licence wasnt recognised as a proper form of ID. I'm really confused about this as I've been using mine for ages and nobody has ever said anything :confused:
I'm pretty sure it is a proper form of ID and according to the DVLA it is too. Is it recognised? And do you think she should complain?


In Switzerland it is a legal document. The procedure in creating one is similar to a driver's licence, so I don't see where the problem is.
Yes it is a form of ID but it's annoying that now I have ID I barely get asked for it!
A lot of places I know that don't accept it do so because it's easy to give them to other people. People pass their test, say they've lost their provisisional when it comes to getting their full one, and give their provsisional to a friend.

Apparently, anyway.
Reply 16
I look really young so when I hit 18 I am just waiting for the onslaught of 'piss off' even with a drivers license as ID.
Reply 17
DanGrover
A lot of places I know that don't accept it do so because it's easy to give them to other people. People pass their test, say they've lost their provisisional when it comes to getting their full one, and give their provsisional to a friend.

Apparently, anyway.


Don't you need to send off your provisional when you get a full license...i did.
Reply 18
My hairs darrrrk in the license photo and now its much lighter so the bouncers looked at it for ages!
beth...
Don't you need to send off your provisional when you get a full license...i did.


Yuh, thus...

DanGrover
... say they've lost their provisisional when it comes to getting their full one ...