Havent been on for ages as I have completely given up gambling, but 1 thing that always had me stumped was casino's requests for identification. For UK members the norm is to ask for passport or driving licence as identification.
I remember a lot of discussions and things where a lot of members (many from other countries) basically gave the opinion of... "It's not hard to get a passport, if you cant pay the cash for a passport, you shouldn't be gambling online".
After quitting gambling and being many months gamble free, I have actually applied for a passport, not for casino ID purposes of course, but for overseas visits that I am planning.
I have now nearly been through the full process required, and I can actually say that for UK members, it is a difficult a long process... and I went down the easiest possible route.
- Filled in forms online, had forms printed and sent to me (via 2nd class post), took nearly 2 weeks to arrive.
- Had to order a certified copy of mine and my mothers birth certificates from the general registry office (£10 for each).... Took 6 weeks to arrive.
- Got passport photo's taken....£5... These have to be less than 30 days old when sending off my application.
- Spent days phoning round to see who I knew to countersign my passport (has to be someone who is classed as a "professional"). Took a good few weeks to find someone and ask them to take a few minutes out of their busy working lives to countersign my application and passport photo.
- Took the whole lot into the post office to use their "check and send service".... Passport application was returned due to 1 or 2 things missing from the form. Still had to pay £10 for that service.
- Got hold of the person countersigning for me, as they were busy I had to book an appointment a week later.
- Post office accepted forms via "check and send" service.
With the next steps being:
- Attend an interview in a few weeks time in another town, costing £30+ train fare, plus extra on taxi's.
- Wait for passport to arrive (Expecting it around mid-Jan)
Just wanted to share that with people as I remember when I was an active member here, there were a lot of debates and people assuming it's easy to get a passport to use as identification when playing at casino's.
By time I get my passport, the whole process would of cost me nearly £200 and would of taken around or over 3 months.
Worth the cost and wait?? Probably, but only because it mean's I can have some nice holidays away.
Worth the cost and wait just to show a casino it as "identification"??? No way.... Unless someone has a huge win and has iron willpower to not reverse and lose the lot in the 3 months it takes to receive their passport.
I remember a lot of discussions and things where a lot of members (many from other countries) basically gave the opinion of... "It's not hard to get a passport, if you cant pay the cash for a passport, you shouldn't be gambling online".
After quitting gambling and being many months gamble free, I have actually applied for a passport, not for casino ID purposes of course, but for overseas visits that I am planning.
I have now nearly been through the full process required, and I can actually say that for UK members, it is a difficult a long process... and I went down the easiest possible route.
- Filled in forms online, had forms printed and sent to me (via 2nd class post), took nearly 2 weeks to arrive.
- Had to order a certified copy of mine and my mothers birth certificates from the general registry office (£10 for each).... Took 6 weeks to arrive.
- Got passport photo's taken....£5... These have to be less than 30 days old when sending off my application.
- Spent days phoning round to see who I knew to countersign my passport (has to be someone who is classed as a "professional"). Took a good few weeks to find someone and ask them to take a few minutes out of their busy working lives to countersign my application and passport photo.
- Took the whole lot into the post office to use their "check and send service".... Passport application was returned due to 1 or 2 things missing from the form. Still had to pay £10 for that service.
- Got hold of the person countersigning for me, as they were busy I had to book an appointment a week later.
- Post office accepted forms via "check and send" service.
With the next steps being:
- Attend an interview in a few weeks time in another town, costing £30+ train fare, plus extra on taxi's.
- Wait for passport to arrive (Expecting it around mid-Jan)
Just wanted to share that with people as I remember when I was an active member here, there were a lot of debates and people assuming it's easy to get a passport to use as identification when playing at casino's.
By time I get my passport, the whole process would of cost me nearly £200 and would of taken around or over 3 months.
Worth the cost and wait?? Probably, but only because it mean's I can have some nice holidays away.
Worth the cost and wait just to show a casino it as "identification"??? No way.... Unless someone has a huge win and has iron willpower to not reverse and lose the lot in the 3 months it takes to receive their passport.
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