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CitizenCard-issued Post Office PASS cards offer proof of age/photo-ID

CitizenCard-issued Post Office PASS cards offer proof of age/photo-ID
Andy Marino
By Andy MarinoOct 04, 2021
Andy Marino
Andy was born in London just in time to see England win the World Cup, and much later began his career in academia, gaining a PhD in American Literature and lecturing at several universities, including Maryland and Gothenburg in Sweden, and pursuing a sideline in sheep-farming before moving back to London and becoming a literary agent and TV documentary-maker (working for various broadcasters and making series such as the BBC’s Monsoon Railway, set in Bengal). He has written several biographies, including the Second World War story American Pimpernel, and became the official biographer of India’s Prime Minister (then Chief Minister of Gujarat) publishing Narendra Modi, a Political Biography (Harper Collins). Andy joined Asian Media Group in 2018, his first “proper” job, and has been there ever since, believing that, while trade journalism might not save the world, it might just save journalism.
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The UK’s longest-established photo-ID scheme, CitizenCard, has teamed up with Post Office to issue Post Office PASS Cards. Anyone in the UK can apply at a cost of £15 for a Post Office PASS card via postoffice.citizencard.com.

The Home Office and police-endorsed PASS (Proof of Age Standards Scheme) hologram on each card means that shops, bars, cinemas, clubs and travel operators can trust the card as a valid form of proof of age/photo-ID.

93 per cent of 16-34 year olds take out valuable passports or driving licences to prove their age or identity to buy age-restricted products and services. 1 million driving licences and 400,000 passports are lost each year in the UK.

Andrew Chevis, Chief Executive of CitizenCard, wants people to leave those documents at home: “Lost passports and driving licences are difficult and expensive to replace. So I’m thrilled that the Post Office will be using its longstanding expertise in identity services to offer PASS cards to a wider audience.”

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Elinor Hull, Post Office’s Identity Services Director, believes the Post Office PASS card will help some of the 11 million people in the UK who own neither a passport nor driving licence to obtain a trusted proof of age/photo-ID: “At Post Office our ambition is to make it easier and more affordable for everyone to access the products and services to which they’re entitled. Our new EasyID app lets anyone use their smart phone to prove who they are or how old they are, and now the Post Office PASS card lets anyone obtain an affordable proof of age/photo-ID to keep in their purse or wallet.”

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