proof of I/D

[curlyperm11]

i know this isnt really a 'family Question - but was unsure where to place it really? and on the grounds that my daughter is my family - i chose here for a (hopefully) quick respsponse. My daughter will be 18 later on in February and i know is desperate to go out with her older sisters (legally) as they have been clubbing it etc for the last 4 years or so, Now, as she doesnt posess a driving licence and i am certainly NOT letting her go out with her passport or birth certificate i wondered what form of I.D is acceptable? As she is quite young looking and would most certainly get asked for it?
Thanks in advance x

[NazNomad]

http://www.citizencard.com/

[saxy_jag]

Citizencard, as suggested above, is widely known and accepted. However there are a number of schemes running nationally. It might be worth contacting some of the more reputable venues your daughter is likely to be visiting and asking them what they accept.

[curlyperm11]

lovely!!! thank you both - hadnt thought of the citizen card x

[lorri24601]

had same prob when my daughter was this age,if she is at college then a photo id card from there should be ok, the one they get when they first start as id for the library etc, i know mine used hers with no problem :-)

[tigwig]

I got a fake student union card when I was at college so not sure if they would accept anything like this. It was so easy to do I told them I was 3yrs older and used my sisters driving license to 'prove it'! They didn't have photos then.

[SMP]

I got my daughter a Citizencard and only one pub/club here accepted it It was more widely accepted in supermarkets, cinema etc.
She ended up getting a provisional driving licence, more expensive but accepted everywhere.

[dotty.]

the only acceptable id we take at work for proof of age is a valid passport or driving license, tell her to send for her provisional license

[ummmm]

That's work Dotty. Not a pub....

[4getmenot]

surely was still a different name on your sisters licence tigwig. What thickos!

[tigwig]

They were 4get but I just told them that was my name and the people running the SU had no idea who I was anyway! Would have spoilt it though on a night out if my friends were calling me the 'wrong name' in front of door staff wouldn't it?

[curlyperm11]

thanks sooo much everyone for your input - she has had (i'm embaressed to say ) a fake ID card ie:driver permit card complete with photo - looks soooo genuine but no hologram and all her mates have them : / however i think the best suggestion is that i apply for a driver permit at whatever cost - about 50 quid i think and let her use that ? so many websites for fake ID its untrue!!! hers cost her a tenner apparently - its accepted in the local off licences etc but in town no chance cos they have scanners thank goodness - i was mortified when i found out her and all her mates had got the fake ID sooo easily? funny old world?
but thanks again everyone x

[Brinjal]

In Zimbabwe we all have national id cards. Saves a lot of hassle. You get them from age 16.