If a UK passport has expired can it still be used for i.d. purposes i.e. if stopped by the police.

The times I and others have been stopped around here a UK picture driving licence has sufficed

Your UK passport is no longer a valid form of identification, but if the guardia would notice, who knows

That's a surprise, since a passport is still the only internationally recgnised form of identification.

Not if it has expired it's not.

Nothing "expired" is valid. Mitz said passports are not a form of id anymore. If so, that's damned scary.

In some circumstances it is valid for ID for two years after expiry - as an ID. On UK domestic flights for example.

I can't see the Guardia worrying about it unless it is years out of date. They are more likely to give you grief if your driving licence is out of date and that is usually accepted as ID.

if you white blonde and speak english ... try that trick if your black and speak french ...

No he didn't - if you read his comment in context, he was referring to 'funinthesun' whos passport had expired.

I didnt say any such thing. The OP asked if their expired passport was a form of ID, and I told them it wasnt but the Guardia probably wouldnt notice

If you apply for a new one you have to send the old one away anyway. It costs a lot but you'll probably have the new one back within a week.

You're right. My bad.

I mistakenly interpreted your statement to say that Passports are no longer considered legal ID in Spain - which, considering some of the other nonsensical "legalities" in Spain, somehow I wouldn't be surprised.

I regularly use an out of date driving licence to support my (pin protected) VISA in shops petrol station etc .

Any body know why only some large shopping chains (Leroy Merlin etc) but NOT Carrefour use this method of DOUBLE protection.

Obviously there are trillions of transactions that take place in the U.K. WITHOUT this 'extra protection'

So today at 23:59:59 while your passport is in date you are who it says you are but then two seconds later at 00:00:01 when it has expired you are not !

Somebody needs their head felt me thinks !

Just as well we both have valid Spanish driving licences as both our passports have now expired.