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No. It isn't "just at the passport checkpoints." It's everywhere. Passports are the only form of ID most people have abroad that are recognized by foreign gover
by torstenvl 2y ago
No. It isn't "just at the passport checkpoints." It's everywhere. Passports are the only form of ID most people have abroad that are recognized by foreign governments and establishments.
Good luck to the French dude trying to drink in the U.S. without a passport, or getting stopped by the police in Łodz and not having any valid identification on you.
- f33d5173 2y agoAny government id eg drivers license will work for that.
- tsimionescu 2y agoThis is very much false in much of the world. Especially if you have foreign paperwork, it's very likely a passport will be required by any kind of official asking for any other paperwork from you.
- Kwpolska 2y ago15 years ago, a Polish driver named "Prawo Jazdy" was causing a real nuisance to the Irish police, seemingly all over the country. Turns out they couldn't parse the document and they were looking for a man named "Driver's Licence". http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7899171.... Nowadays, the licenses in the EU are standardized, but at the same time, they are completely unreadable if you don't know the standard, since data fields are numbered, but not usually described in English.
- monksy 2y agoNope that'll get you threatened to have the police called on you at the Walmart in Burlington NC. (Austrian federal ID trying to buy alcohol)
- RoyalHenOil 2y agoI am a dual citizen, and I have not found this to be the case in either of my two countries. Neither of them will accept photo IDs issued by the other, except for passports.
- vladvasiliu 2y agoDon’t know about Lodz, but you can absolutely not get a drink in Utah with a French driver’s license. They insisted on a passport since I was from out of state.