Appropriate ID for long summer- help!

[Babachew]

One of ds's friends is not 18 until end of August and needs appropriate ID for summer.
He's already been scammed twice, and feels like giving up.
His parents live overseas and don't really understand the issue e.g where they live no one ever asks for ID! I really need any advice or genuine pointers.

You mean, fake ID?

Passport?
Provisional driving license - even if not planning on driving.

I’m an August baby and I think you just have to live with it once everyone else is actually 18. It’s one thing when you’re all underage and trying to get in but another when everyone can 100% get in except for you. I just didn’t go out much that summer to be honest.

You can apply for a citizen card they do official ID for 16- 17 or 18+ are they a UK resident

I don't think fake ID is as easy to get as it used to be. Everyone's far more educated on what's acceptable and businesses have a lot to lose by being lax.

They sound like a good idea but most places won't accept them unfortunately.

16+ Zip Oystercard is photo ID, bit of a faff to get if you don’t live in London but can be done

(I am assuming you don’t mean fake ID)

IME many bars and clubs will only accept a passport or driving licence as ID for proof of age. DD doesn't drive but has a provisional driving licence for this purpose.

Provisional driving license, lots of places won't accept a Citizen Card. Is he proving he is 17 or is this he wants a fake ID to say he is 18 when he isn't?

Apparently you can get fake ID on Snapchat.

Do you mean fake ID?!

Appropriate ID for what?

Making the assumption that there's a vanishingly small chance this isn't a request for something illegal.

Appropriate for appropriateness. That's all! TIA

Well passport or provisional driving license

Unless you mean something that makes him appear 18?

I assume ‘appropriate’ ID means ID that shows his actual age, so passport is probably his best bet, or a provisional driving licence?

Provisional driving licence is the best bet.

£34 for an online application, should take about 3 weeks to arrive, and fits handily in a phone case.

I think it’s clear from the original post that they mean a fake id. Summer born, so everyone else is actually 18, mentions being scammed already, plus parents not understanding as they live somewhere where you don’t get asked for id.

I am pretty sure the poster is not after tips for getting official id 😁

That's rather cryptic.

If his parents live abroad doesn't he have a passport? I can't think of any scenario where a passport would not be considered appropriate ID.

Exactly! Also, what do you mean he has been scammed twice? Has he been trying to get fake ID?

Do you mean fake ID? If so, just say. I know a few teens who borrow a friend or siblings ID occasionally.

If you mean real ID then provisional driving licence or passport.

Assuming op means fake ID, as otherwise they'd just use their passport as proof of age? Unless they're worried about losing it when out and about so want something else less valuable to use? In that case applying for a provisional driving license is a good alternative.

Thinking op means fake ID, because friends will be 18 by then and the teen who's bday isn't til August will be the only still without proof of age they're 18

lol, this doesn't help

Just sneak in in the middle of the group and hide in the women’s loos when the bouncers come looking for ID. That’s what my August born friend did 🤣
Or go to a pub where asking what year you were born counts as ID. Those were the days.