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

semi-pro waster said:
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.
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At university registration it takes 60 seconds for someone to take your photo, verify your details and print your card. Assuming they are paid minimum wage that's 9.3p per card. In any case it does not cost £50 for what is a minimal amount of work. It's the same with birth certificates, complete rip off.
 
Energize said:
At university registration it takes 60 seconds for someone to take your photo, verify your details and print your card. Assuming they are paid minimum wage that's 9.3p per card. In any case it does not cost £50 for what is a minimal amount of work.
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I'll obviously have to bow to your greater knowledge of the verification that goes on but I'd have my doubts that a university registration process is as stringent as that for a current passport or driving licence. If university registration is as in-depth as that of the passport office then you've got a fair(ish) point but if not you're picking the most simplistic approach which ignores everything that is required to support the process.
 
It's simple logic, if it really did the 8 hours at minimum wage they are charging you to do one driving license, you would be waiting forever for it. These people are supposed to be paid for by taxes anyway, so how can you justify the cost?
 
It's not simple logic, you're offering a basic (and somewhat appealing) approach but it completely ignores that the process does not start and end with you giving over details. I'm not trying to tell you that there is not profit in the process but I am telling you that 9p or whatever you think it should cost would not cover the costs involved.
 
Strife212 said:
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.
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You can get a Provisional Licence without a passport. It just takes longer.

My friend doesn't have a passport and sent his off with his NI Card and Birth Certificate. He got it back within 9 days.
 
Energize said:
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.
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They can't even do that right. My drivers license reads 'United Kiongdom'. :confused:
 
swinnie said:
I'm just going off what happened to my two friends.

One had a Digital Passport, she got it back in 6 days. Who sent it off after the other guy, who didn't. Took 9 days for him.
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ah right, yeah dvla are random in the time it takes them to print and despatch, probably due to the amount of work they've had in etc. Also OP if you have a medical condition that needs to be investigated expect a longer wait...(that is ofc if your going for the provisional for id)

Viper² said:
They can't even do that right. My drivers license reads 'United Kiongdom'. :confused:
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At lease you werent the person that had United **** :/
 
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Broken Hope said:
Are Citizen Card's valid ID's for getting a bank account?
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you can get a bank account without ID if you apply online because they try to verify your ID electronicly
We need to verify the identity of all of our customers. In the first instance we use a system of electronic identification and if this is successful, that's all we need to do. The search is performed with a Credit Reference Agency, this is not a credit search and will only record the fact that we have done an ID check.
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thats from the halifax website who do it, i suspect quite a few banks do the same thing, lloyds tsb said i failed there verification system when i tried with those and i would have to go to one of there branchs.

i had no photo ID at the time so went with halifax instead it took around 2 weeks before i recieved a debitcard+bank details and a signature specimen slip i had to fill in and post back in the self addressed envelope.

the account isnt considered active until you deposit £10 though
 
uknowist said:
doesnt take longer, takes the same amount of time
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well i recently sent mine off to have entitlements added onto my licence, it took less than a week, sent on the monday received it back on the saturday morning, i wouldnt imagine that the turn around time for a new licence would be vastly different, i assume its all down to how busy they are.
if you sent of for your provisional ASAP it should be back with you with plenty time to spare unless you make a dogs dinner of the application and get it sent back to you.;)
 
steve45 said:
well i recently sent mine off to have entitlements added onto my licence, it took less than a week, sent on the monday received it back on the saturday morning, i wouldnt imagine that the turn around time for a new licence would be vastly different, i assume its all down to how busy they are.
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your right there is no difference
 
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