Timeline for Is the European driving license valid as ID in Europe?
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| Jul 24, 2015 at 18:02 | comment | added | Peter Taylor | As a minor note on the last paragraph, UK airports have signs at border control asking Italian citizens to use passports for ID instead of their national ID card if possible, as it will be quicker. I assume that some IT incompatibility is the reason. | |
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| Apr 2, 2014 at 9:02 | comment | added | Relaxed | @jwenting “check the name of the person presenting the voting card to a photograph”, yes that's what an ID is, typically… | |
| Apr 2, 2014 at 8:59 | comment | added | jwenting | @Annoyed the main purpose of the ID check with elections is to check the name of the person presenting the voting card to a photograph. Thus a driver's license will do as well as a passport. If the combination is valid, it's simply assumed the voting card is valid. Which has led to trouble with false voting cards in the hands of people who're not allowed to vote, or in the hands of people who fabricated them as being permitted by family members to vote for them. During the last election cycle there were more votes cast than cards sent out in at least 35 cities. | |
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| Apr 1, 2014 at 14:05 | comment | added | Relaxed | @andra I think we basically agree but I would put it slightly differently. As I explained in my second paragraph, the problem there is not so much that your license was refused as ID. Rather, it's that to cross a border, you need more than an ID, you need to establish your right to stay in or enter the country. Note that the license does not even prove you are a resident, you could get one and then keep it until it expires while living in another EU country. | |
| Apr 1, 2014 at 13:58 | comment | added | user141 | Well I guess when you get a "stempas", it means you status has already been cleared. I have used my Belgian license on many occasions as proof of ID, even for getting from the UK to France. However my license has also been denied as ID on many other occasions as well. On the frequent border controls by the Dutch military police, both your license and ID are required. | |
| Apr 1, 2014 at 13:38 | comment | added | Relaxed | @andra What makes you think that? The “stempas” I got for the recent municipal elections explicitly said that all EU driver's licenses, not only Dutch ones, were valid ID for this purpose (I didn't actually try it, had other ID with me). Obviously, I am a resident, otherwise I wouldn't have the right to vote as a non-citizen in the first place but that's a distinct question. I also used my Dutch license as a non-citizen for other purposes (bank, post office). | |
| Apr 1, 2014 at 12:40 | comment | added | user141 | Your example for the Netherlands is not completely true. In the Netherlands a Dutch license of EU format for a Dutch citizen/resident (here I am not sure which apply's) is a valid form of ID. Simply because the authorities have the means to check additional info. For other EU licenses you need additional id proof. Even if you are a Dutch Citizen with a license from another EU country | |
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