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Garda Age card

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    #62
    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,687 ✭✭✭Danger781


    You guys know this thread is really old and I got my age card months ago.. :rolleyes:


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    #63
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,886 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    Danger781 wrote: »
    You guys know this thread is really old and I got my age card months ago.. :rolleyes:

    There are more people waiting for Age Cards besides you.
    There's no point in each of them starting a new thread just because you don't want to use yours any more.


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    #64
    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,687 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    There are more people waiting for Age Cards besides you.
    There's no point in each of them starting a new thread just because you don't want to use yours any more.

    Well.. Okay then.. Thanks for being abrupt.


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    #65
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    unknown13 wrote: »
    With a legitimate one no because they are impossible to forge.

    This, they're ridiculous.

    Mine has taking a bit of beating though, and is starting to look fake >_<


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    #66
    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Fad wrote: »
    This, they're ridiculous.

    Mine has taking a bit of beating though, and is starting to look fake >_<

    Why is that though? Is it just that there isn't a market for fake age cards so no one makes them?


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    #67
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    sock puppet wrote: »
    Why is that though? Is it just that there isn't a market for fake age cards so no one makes them?

    So so many security features!


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    #68
    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Fad wrote: »
    So so many security features!

    Would a passport not be the same?


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    #69
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    sock puppet wrote: »
    Would a passport not be the same?

    Card just seems more awkward to fake.

    Actually, the old Irish passports are apparently really easy to fake.


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    #70
    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    Fad wrote: »
    Card just seems more awkward to fake.

    Actually, the old Irish passports are apparently really easy to fake.

    Odd that. I suppose no matter what they do there are always going to be counterfeit passports.


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    #71
    klose
    Registered Users Posts: 11,685 ✭✭✭✭klose


    Sent away for mine just over 2 weeks ago and when i enter the code on the website it says it hasent been recognised? is the website just not really ever updated or have the station not even sent off? id go in and ask them but there not exactly nice in my local station, a bit stubborn actually, car the women.
    So basically will i be waiting a while by the looks?:rolleyes: I have a drivers liscence but most places bar night clubs really accept em


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    #72
    seanbmc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭seanbmc


    Can you apply for it a few weeks before you turn 18? Or do you have to be 18 to apply?


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    #73
    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    seanbmc wrote: »
    Can you apply for it a few weeks before you turn 18? Or do you have to be 18 to apply?

    You have to be 18 to apply for it.


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    #74
    ironictoaster
    Registered Users Posts: 4,143 ✭✭✭ironictoaster


    Fad wrote: »
    Card just seems more awkward to fake.

    Actually, the old Irish passports are apparently really easy to fake.

    Yeah it so simply to do, a scapel is only needed...The ones with the hard plastic are impossible to fake.

    I have to apply for this age card so.


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    #75
    seanbmc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭seanbmc


    unknown13 wrote: »
    You have to be 18 to apply for it.

    Cheers.


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    #76
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    Fad wrote: »
    A lot of shops/clubs refuse drivers licenses, might be an idea to keep that in mind.
    Are they allowed do that??
    Fad wrote: »
    Tesco are also asshatish about passports too >_<
    Aldi are the same....grrr.
    creggy wrote: »
    Has anyone been refused from a nightclub with an age card?
    I can't see how they could do it unless it wasn't you in the picture.
    My mam's cousin is a bouncer and he showed me all the security features on the New age cards...there's 8 :O


    But since I turned 18 I've never been more the 2 meters from my passport! Can't be bothered applying for an age card. 10 quid when I have my passport and college ID (it's never been turned away with as m 2nd form). But tbh, if you're going out regularly you'll stop getting ID'd unless a particular bouncer has taken a dislike to you

    (Anyone from Limerick will know what I mean when I mention a man known affectionatly as Stretch!!)

    You should be able to apply for em before hand though, your DOB is on them like!! Anyone know why that's a no go?


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    #77
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Are they allowed do that??

    Places are entitled to have policies me thinks.


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    #78
    almostnever
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,768 ✭✭✭almostnever


    It would be cool if you could apply for it before you're 18 but only get it when you actually are. Rather than having to wait weeks/months, like.


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    #79
    seanbmc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭seanbmc


    almostnever wrote: »
    It would be cool if you could apply for it before you're 18 but only get it when you actually are. Rather than having to wait weeks/months, like.

    Yeah it would.


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    #80
    unknown13
    Registered Users Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    Fad wrote: »
    A lot of shops/clubs refuse drivers licenses, might be an idea to keep that in mind.
    SarahBeep! wrote: »
    Are they allowed do that??

    Yes, they are because apparently Driving licenses are easy to forge. My learner permit is pretty much a shiny piece of paper with my DOB and a photo of me on it. Wouldn't that difficult to forge and there is also no security features on them aswell.


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    #81
    highlydebased
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    unknown13 wrote: »
    Yes, they are because apparently Driving licenses are easy to forge. My learner permit is pretty much a shiny piece of paper with my DOB and a photo of me on it. Wouldn't that difficult to forge and there is also no security features on them aswell.

    There are wavy lines down over the photograph with a harp emblem on it. There is also a hologram of govt buildings when you hold it to light.


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    #82
    aine-maire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭aine-maire


    -JammyDodger- wrote: »
    It took 2 or 3 months for mine to come, although that was several years ago.

    Also, I thought once you were under 18 passports only lasted 5 years, and not 10. It's unusual that you'd have a valid passport from such a young age for so long.

    Maybe they just used an older picture when they were getting it.


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    #83
    Jay P
    Registered Users Posts: 4,944 ✭✭✭Jay P


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

    I never was with mine, though the picture didn't really look like me so sometimes I was asked if I had anything else with me, like a student card or whatever.


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    #84
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Well over 4 weeks now and still no sign of the Age Card. The online code doesn't work...

    Should I even bother going into the Garda Station about it?


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    #85
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    Well over 4 weeks now and still no sign of the Age Card. The online code doesn't work...

    Should I even bother going into the Garda Station about it?

    Chill out!

    Mine took 5 or so weeks to come, was told in the station 2.


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    #86
    NufcNavan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,833 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Fad wrote: »
    Chill out!

    Mine took 5 or so weeks to come, was told in the station 2.
    Ugh, I hate having the use my passport on a night out. Would just love to have it like.

    Did you check online while you were waiting?


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    #87
    ciano1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭ciano1


    Jaysus..
    Ye all seem to be having to wait ages for them :eek:
    Mine only took 9 or 10 days to come :D


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    #88
    Fad
    Registered Users Posts: 7,231 ✭✭✭Fad


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    Ugh, I hate having the use my passport on a night out. Would just love to have it like.

    Did you check online while you were waiting?

    Not once, I wasn't entirely comfortable bringing my passport out either, but just be careful! Really not hard not to loose things.....


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    #89
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    Mine took 5 weeks to come. And the code did not work online. All of my friends said their codes didn't work either. Why bother giving us a code to check online if it doesn't work?


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    #90
    tomtom101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 104 ✭✭tomtom101


    Dis waitin is really annoyin me... i sent my passport away at the same time as the agecard and now i've no ID! :(:( I'm afraid of looseing my learners permit cause i've got my test now in 2 or 3 weeks!


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    #91
    **Timbuk2**
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 7,395 Mod ✭✭✭✭**Timbuk2**


    tomtom101 wrote: »
    Dis waitin is really annoyin me... i sent my passport away at the same time as the agecard and now i've no ID! :(:( I'm afraid of looseing my learners permit cause i've got my test now in 2 or 3 weeks!

    Where did you send the passport? Are you applying for a new one?

    Good luck in your driving test!


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