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passport Vs. Id
Posted: Wed 16th May 2007 05:28 am
by bastianaz
Hey my friend and i would like to know which type of id we should carry with us in the city. I would feel a lot more comfortable leaving my passport locked in the hotel room. So is it ok to show your driver's license to show your 18 in a bar or coffeshop?
Posted: Wed 16th May 2007 01:47 pm
by geoffk
A passport is the only acceptable id for an American:
http://amsterdam.usconsulate.gov/id_law_more.html
Re: passport Vs. Id
Posted: Wed 16th May 2007 03:33 pm
by cattales1960
bastianaz wrote:Hey my friend and i would like to know which type of id we should carry with us in the city. I would feel a lot more comfortable leaving my passport locked in the hotel room. So is it ok to show your driver's license to show your 18 in a bar or coffeshop?
I would never walk around another city with my passport. You risk losing it and as long as you have an id, they can always get the passport from your hotel. Be careful with it there too, I know someone whose whole families passports got stolen from their hotel, but not from amsterdam. It was actually in another city. Either way, the most important piece of paper you own besides your birth certificate, is your passport, IMHO, if you like to travel.
Posted: Wed 16th May 2007 03:45 pm
by sh@dy
when we went to cities like Eindhoven we always were ok with our driver license, but i dont know about Americans and I dont know about Amsterdam, sorry

Posted: Wed 16th May 2007 04:19 pm
by Paco
sh@dy wrote:when we went to cities like Eindhoven we always were ok with our driver license, but i dont know about Americans and I dont know about Amsterdam, sorry

As long as you are a citizen of the EU its no problem.
Posted: Thu 17th May 2007 10:47 pm
by rks0
Posted: Thu 17th May 2007 10:58 pm
by bastianaz
lol