Using an out of date Passport as proof of age

Last week I had my amongst other things my drivers license nicked which means my only proof of ID now is my passport which is out of date by 3 years. Tomorrow I'm going on a uni society trip to Liverpool and if I get refused I'm completely screwed (uni is all the way back at Nottingham) so I was wondering if anyone knows if my out of date passport will get me in...the krazyhouse if it means anything to anyone :p:

Reply 1

Nick_S

Hmm not sure my friend's doesn't work, but he said it was only because a new lady served him and she was being anal about ID's.

Reply 2

Teofilo

13

I doubt many would notice tbh, particularly as your going in at a busy time. Usually I just point to my birthday on the page anyway.

Bouncers are, on the whole, of fairly base intelligence I have found; I was once refused entry to a club because my passport wasn't British (it's Irish FWIW), so "was probably a fake" according to the cretin.

Reply 3

Ilora-Danon

3

Teofilo

I doubt many would notice tbh, particularly as your going in at a busy time. Usually I just point to my birthday on the page anyway.

Bouncers are, on the whole, of fairly base intelligence I have found; I was once refused entry to a club because my passport wasn't British (it's Irish FWIW), so "was probably a fake" according to the cretin.

I was stopped from going into a venue because my driving license says I'm welsh :rolleyes:

He let me in after a mini-argument lol.

But with regards to an out of date passport, it's luck of the draw methinks. For anything official (like starting a new job) it would be refused.

Reply 4

Zoe1986

lol the krazyhouse is good but its not the classiest of clubs, i reckon you'd get in without ID as long as u don't look stupidly young! I look young and when I've been I don't think I've ever been ID'd there.

Reply 5

DarkWhite

17

It shouldn't be accepted, but to be honest, you'll most likely get away with it. Most of the time, my Passport photo's been looked at, he's glanced back at me and that's been it. It would take ages for bouncers to check ages for everyone, and at the end of the day, even if they notice, a lot of them won't care.

Reply 6

QuantumTheory

12

In all honesty, they're legally obliged to accept it, pretty much.
As long as the picture of you is fairly recent and it's not from back in the day where they just wrote you on your parents ones :p:

Reply 7

f.burton

2

Hey, in the town where I live the clubs and pubs will accept expired passports, but in the cities nearby the bigger clubs won't take them. Try a passport cover? it will cover the cut-off corner.

Reply 8

Sneddon

6

Don't work anywhere but Off Licenses and pubs here

Reply 9

Psyk

16

QuantumTheory

In all honesty, they're legally obliged to accept it, pretty much.

I don't think they are legally obliged to accept anything. Apparently there's some reason they're not actually meant to accept out of date passports.

Reply 10

tea_cakes

10

I've never known anyone that has been successful with an out of date passport. Which is annoying, especially when you don't have a provisional/driving license or want to risk your actual passport getting lost.

Reply 11

HockeyMademoiselle

9

Surely it shouldn't matter that much, it's still you isn't it?

Reply 12

paperclip

18

They're iffy about cancelled passports (with the bottom corner cut off) but they'll be fine with an expired one, as long as the picture looks like you.

:clip:

Reply 13

Spotty Dog

15

f.burton

Hey, in the town where I live the clubs and pubs will accept expired passports, but in the cities nearby the bigger clubs won't take them. Try a passport cover? it will cover the cut-off corner.

If the passport is simply expired, it's likely the corner isn't cut. Particularly if it hasn't been renewed.

Reply 14

Jax0509

OP

Yeah the corner hasn't been cut off, it's simply expired if that makes a difference, also I am quite a bit over the legal age (im 19 and a few months) and sport a nice goatee to look more grown up :P

Thanks for all the comments too btw :smile:

Reply 15

Joanna May

15

Jax0509

Yeah the corner hasn't been cut off, it's simply expired if that makes a difference, also I am quite a bit over the legal age (im 19 and a few months) and sport a nice goatee to look more grown up :P

I wouldn't call 19 "quite a bit over the legal age", tbh, but whatever you like to think.

I wouldn't risk it, to be honest. Sucks to lose a driving license though, I lost mine but was lucky in that no one ever IDed me anyway.

Reply 16

death.drop

16

I use my passport all the time and it's out of date. they only usually look at the date of birth.

Using an out of date Passport as proof of age

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