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Garda Age card

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    #32
    lou91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 399 ✭✭lou91


    Does anyone actually like their age card picture?
    It seems to be the only one that turns out worse than a passport.


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    #33
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    RandomUserName! wrote: »
    Does anyone actually like their age card picture?
    It seems to be the only one that turns out worse than a passport.

    Mine is grand actually :)


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    #34
    Jay P
    Registered Users Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭Jay P


    RandomUserName! wrote: »
    Does anyone actually like their age card picture?
    It seems to be the only one that turns out worse than a passport.

    I hate mine. My eyes look really freaky...


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    #35
    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,687 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Still no luck with checking the reference number on the site.. It's been 3 weeks already :/


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    #36
    BDR
    Registered Users Posts: 136 ✭✭BDR


    Mine took about a month to come the last time..

    then I lost it..have the form all filled out just need to make myself go to the station and get it stamped and signed and everything. Then the wait begins again.

    If you look at the picture it's been reversed, I had the same picture in my student card and my id and the id was reversed.

    Hope you get it soon :)


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    #37
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Applied for my age card just over 2 weeks ago. Went onto the website, entered in the registration code, and it didn't recognise it. Starting to get a bit worried. I know it's probably asking too much to have received the card by now, but surely the form would have reached the processing centre at this stage???


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    #38
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    Applied for my age card just over 2 weeks ago. Went onto the website, entered in the registration code, and it didn't recognise it. Starting to get a bit worried. I know it's probably asking too much to have received the card by now, but surely the form would have reached the processing centre at this stage???

    Best go to the Garda station where you got it sorted and ask.


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    #39
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Neon-Circles wrote: »
    Best go to the Garda station where you got it sorted and ask.
    Yeah might do that tomorrow.


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    #40
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    Applied for my age card just over 2 weeks ago. Went onto the website, entered in the registration code, and it didn't recognise it. Starting to get a bit worried. I know it's probably asking too much to have received the card by now, but surely the form would have reached the processing centre at this stage???

    I ordered my card 4 weeks ago. It arrived yesterday. My number wasn't recognised on the website either!

    A side question: Is this card as good as a passport for getting into clubs / buying drink etc.? It would be a relief not to bring a passport with me all the time now - it makes me nervous as I might lose it!


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    #41
    Michellenman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,195 ✭✭✭✭Michellenman


    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    I ordered my card 4 weeks ago. It arrived yesterday. My number wasn't recognised on the website either!

    A side question: Is this card as good as a passport for getting into clubs / buying drink etc.? It would be a relief not to bring a passport with me all the time now - it makes me nervous as I might lose it!

    Yup :)


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    #42
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    I ordered my card 4 weeks ago. It arrived yesterday. My number wasn't recognised on the website either!

    A side question: Is this card as good as a passport for getting into clubs / buying drink etc.? It would be a relief not to bring a passport with me all the time now - it makes me nervous as I might lose it!
    How often did you check your code online?


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    #43
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    I ordered my card 4 weeks ago. It arrived yesterday. My number wasn't recognised on the website either!

    A side question: Is this card as good as a passport for getting into clubs / buying drink etc.? It would be a relief not to bring a passport with me all the time now - it makes me nervous as I might lose it!

    Seemingly it is- I always just use my drivers license and never have any hassle so never bothered with the age card.


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    #44
    wayhey
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭wayhey


    **Timbuk2** wrote: »
    I ordered my card 4 weeks ago. It arrived yesterday. My number wasn't recognised on the website either!

    A side question: Is this card as good as a passport for getting into clubs / buying drink etc.? It would be a relief not to bring a passport with me all the time now - it makes me nervous as I might lose it!

    I used to work in a bar/off-licence and we used to prefer them. Generally you look much more like you're supposed to in an Age Card, tends to be less fakes so you're more trusting of them. Passports tend to be passed around among young people and we do know it goes on :rolleyes:

    Age Card > Passport. Plus if you lose it it's all good in the hood :) Although Oxegen will be so strange this year without drunkenly fishing my passport out of puddles near the Heineken bar... many times.... :)


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    #45
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Neon-Circles wrote: »
    Seemingly it is- I always just use my drivers license and never have any hassle so never bothered with the age card.

    A lot of shops/clubs refuse drivers licenses, might be an idea to keep that in mind.


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    #46
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Fad wrote: »
    A lot of shops/clubs refuse drivers licenses, might be an idea to keep that in mind.

    Apart from tesco, anywhere I attend has never refused me because of it! Its a pink license so that combined with looking ancient anyway has me sorted :D


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    #47
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    I'm telling you lads, grow some facial hair. No-one asks for ID, absolutely no-one, not even the strictest of places.


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    #48
    wayhey
    Registered Users Posts: 527 ✭✭✭wayhey


    Neon-Circles wrote: »
    Apart from tesco, anywhere I attend has never refused me because of it! Its a pink license so that combined with looking ancient anyway has me sorted :D

    I think Fad's right though, knew of a lad that used to print them!! One night at a club the bouncers even took a licence off this one girl, refused her entry but sure she was adamant it was real. They called the guards- who said it was real. Yer one was really sound about it, probably locked, and just laughed it off but she got loads of VIP entry yokes... hahaha shaaaame of bouncers. Some amount of 5th Years got in that night I'd say after that..


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    #49
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Neon-Circles wrote: »
    Apart from tesco, anywhere I attend has never refused me because of it! Its a pink license so that combined with looking ancient anyway has me sorted :D

    Tesco are also asshatish about passports too >_<
    Pygmalion wrote: »
    I'm telling you lads, grow some facial hair. No-one asks for ID, absolutely no-one, not even the strictest of places.

    First C&H meet up tbh.......you got in, but barely!


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    #50
    Pygmalion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,082 ✭✭✭Pygmalion


    Fad wrote: »
    First C&H meet up tbh.......you got in, but barely!

    "Go on in, but next time bring a real ID".

    Gotta <3 that guy.


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    #51
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Fad wrote: »
    Tesco are also asshatish about passports too >_<

    Does not help I'm 8 years old in my current passport >.<


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    #52
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    Pygmalion wrote: »
    "Go on in, but next time bring a real ID".

    Gotta <3 that guy.

    And he let people in because we were all going to leave if he didn't let some of the others in >_>


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    #53
    bookworm2
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭bookworm2


    go to garda station with the receipt and ask them to check records to make sure the application form has been forwarded. there may have been a mistake with the form and it is sitting un -processed on a desk somewhere. the guard at the desk will follow it up for you or find the guard that processed the form at the station when you handed it in. no record of the number is NOT GOOD!! trust me!!


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    #54
    ironictoaster
    Registered Users Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭ironictoaster


    Has anyone been refused from a nightclub with an age card?


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    #55
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Pavlove wrote: »
    Does anyone actually like their age card picture?
    It seems to be the only one that turns out worse than a passport.

    hah, passports are usually grand for me... age card is perfect. What turned out the worst was my learners permit. I looked 100% like a serial killer.... :D


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    #56
    Ginja Ninja
    Registered Users Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Ginja Ninja


    creggy wrote: »
    Has anyone been refused from a nightclub with an age card?
    I've never heard of anyone.

    Ah,guys what do you think the age card is for? it's to prove your age,that's it for drinks/cigarettes/gambling drivers licence/passport is a form of ID it's not really safe to lose them[I know everyone does,but there's a lot of information on them]

    So in general age card> all it's easier to read,harder to fake and they will always take it afaik,wereas a passport/licence can be refused on demand and the obvious target for faking it


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    #57
    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    creggy wrote: »
    Has anyone been refused from a nightclub with an age card?

    With a legitimate one no because they are impossible to forge.


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    #58
    Pigwidgeon
    Registered Users Posts: 6,590 ✭✭✭Pigwidgeon


    My age card photo is ridiculous, the machine I went to makes everyone look caked in make-up, including my brother. I got my card back and my face is yellow. I look seriously jaundiced in it. Other than that I actually kind of like the photo. :(

    I'm always amazed by the amount of security features and the amount of holograms on them.


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    #59
    zoom!
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    What exactly is a Garda age card? Is it just used for clubs and stuff?


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    #60
    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,687 ✭✭✭Danger781


    zoom! wrote: »
    What exactly is a Garda age card? Is it just used for clubs and stuff?

    It's a widely accepted form of ID


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    #61
    Piste
    Registered Users Posts: 11,440 ✭✭✭✭Piste


    They take forever to come, it's so annoying! Nowhere near the two weeks it says on the form. And the tracking number never works either. Just keep holding out for it. I'd say it'll come eventually.


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