How to get an 'official' Photographic ID, fast?

Strife212 · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:13

I don't have any - what's the fastest way to get one? I've got an interview coming up next month and it needs one.

Provisional Licence takes a while to arrive doesn't it?

JIM_BOB7813 · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:20

The only three possibilities are driving license (provisional), passport, firearms license.
Of them all, driving license would be the quickest probably.

semi-pro waster · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:23

Driving licence is probably quickest as JIM_BOB7813 suggests unless you want to go to your local passport office (not sure where the closest to you is) and can wait around for the day to do it in an expedited fashion - they certainly used to allow this but they might not any more with the increased restrictions on passports.

PCDave · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:25

you can pay more to get an express passport service but it costs around £100

HummuH1 · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:26

Big Dave down The Rovers.

arknor · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:29

you can not get a drivers license even a provisional without ID

* full valid current passport
* identity card issued by a member state of the European Community/European Economic Area (EC/EEA) with the exception of Sweden
* UK identity card for foreign nationals/residence permit or travel documents issued by the Home Office
* UK certificate of naturalisation

you will have to get a passport which you cant get easily because all new applicants have to be interviewed.

if your signing on then im pretty sure at the job centre they have a form they will fill out that confirms your identity to any potential employer.

it sucks these days the whole photo ID thing is greared around the goverment making money

chrisxuk · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:29

Do you not have a Passport?

arknor · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:42

chrisxuk said:
Do you not have a Passport?

why would he be asking for photo id if he has a passport? it may be a big shock to you but a lot of people dont

Morba · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:48

arknor said:
why would he be asking for photo id if he has a passport? it may be a big shock to you but a lot of people dont

indeed, there are many people who do not have one!
I was talking to a woman the other night who shocked me by her never having been to london, but then she told me that she had never been abroad! that really shocked me, she didnt seem the type to not have been abroad, even for a girlie holiday!

Strife212 · 31 Jan 2009 at 13:11

Thanks for the advice guys.

I've been abroad loads of times but I was on my dads passport, no use to me now

This is for a university interview, I'm suprised that you need a passport to get a drivers licence, theres nothing I can get in such a short amount of time in that case. I'll have to phone the university.

Energize · 31 Jan 2009 at 13:35

Can't begin to imagine the huge profit the government make on ID, £50 for a licence that costs nothing to make!

Delvis · 31 Jan 2009 at 13:38

I thought you could just send a photograph away signed by a 'higher authority' or something if you wanted a driving license...

I can't remember sending my passport away anyway, don't remember having one when I was 18 anyway.

arknor · 31 Jan 2009 at 13:40

Energize said:
Can't begin to imagine the huge profit the government make on ID, £50 for a licence that costs nothing to make!

more like 160+ once you count the cost of passport+paying a doctor to sign one + drivers license.

it may be a big shock to a lot of people on here who all seem to be profesionals in well paid jobs to discover the majority of the population are plebs and have to resort to paying for a countersignature

Delvis said:
Delvis said:

I thought you could just send a photograph away signed by a 'higher authority' or something if you wanted a driving license...

I can't remember sending my passport away anyway, don't remember having one when I was 18 anyway.

Click to expand...

probably changed since then because of all the terorists trying to get drivers license so they can bomb checkpoints

uknowist · 31 Jan 2009 at 13:43

you can get a provisional and will take a few days.. you dont need a passport to get one.. just birth certificate and like a household bill or something.

Delvis · 31 Jan 2009 at 13:46

Theres info here anyway: http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensing/NeedANewOrUpdatedLicence/DG_4022091

Birth certificate can work I believe...along with something else though sadly....national insurance card etc.

Then you need to send a photograph with a signature on it

AHarvey · 31 Jan 2009 at 14:24

why not phone the uni and ask if they would accept a photo and letter signed by your old headmaster?

pingwing · 31 Jan 2009 at 14:38

AHarvey said:
why not phone the uni and ask if they would accept a photo and letter signed by your old headmaster?

Pratical solution here!

Mainly as your first passport now takes a bit longer to apply for (but could be done in a few weeks) and i cant remember how long my provisional took (it was 3 years ago and i still havnt driven)

Anim · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:20

Energize said:
Can't begin to imagine the huge profit the government make on ID, £50 for a licence that costs nothing to make!

Because people are free to employ.

Energize · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:47

Anim said:
Because people are free to employ.

You do realise these cards are printed, not manufactured by hand right? Completely automated. So your paying £50 for someone to enter the details on a computer and put it in an envelope, unless people are paid £3k an hour it doesn't add up.

semi-pro waster · 31 Jan 2009 at 15:50

Energize said:
You do realise these cards are printed, not manufactured by hand right? Completely automated. So your paying what £50 for someone to enter the details on a computer.

And to do the research/security checks, maintain the database etc etc. It doesn't just start and stop with you hand them details and they fire them into a computer which prints out a card.