{"id":91,"date":"2016-07-11T10:40:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T10:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/stock-up-on-passport-photos-to-reap-retirement-benefits\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T09:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:51:15","slug":"stock-up-on-passport-photos-to-reap-retirement-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/stock-up-on-passport-photos-to-reap-retirement-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock up on passport photos to reap retirement benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, you\u2019re ready to hang up your suit and tie, or wave goodbye to your apron and spend some time with the family in your golden year. It\u2019s retirement time, and whether you\u2019re going out with a big party, or just hoping to make the transition with minimal fuss, there\u2019s a whole new life awaiting you away from the 9-5.<\/p>\n<p>An unavoidable benefit of retirement is that you\u2019re now eligible for a raft of discounts and reduced rate prices, but a lot of these will require a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>passport photo card<\/strong><\/a> to prove your identity. We\u2019ve put together a list of photo cards which you might want to apply for to benefit from these advantages.<\/p>\n<p>Bus pass<\/p>\n<p>Ride for free on practically every bus in Britain \u2013 who\u2019s going to turn down that offer? Apply to your local council for your card when you reach the state pension age, or on your 60th birthday if you live in Wales or London.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Rail Card<\/p>\n<p>If you travel on the trains a lot, or plan to start exploring, a Senior Rail Card can be yours from \u00a330, giving you discounts on national rail travel. Apply on your 60th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Driving licence<\/p>\n<p>Once you reach the age of 70, you\u2019ll need to renew your driving licence. The DVLA should automatically send you a renewal form 90 days before your 70th birthday, and they will usually <strong>request a new passport photo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Blue badge<\/p>\n<p>If you find that your mobility is becoming a problem, consider applying for a blue badge, which allows you to park in disabled spaces in car parks. You\u2019ll require passport photos for your application, as they are used to cut down on abuse of the blue badge scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Got out your ballpoint pen ready to fill out all those forms? Remember to stock up on passport photos for all your applications. Grab your camera and get a friend or family member to take a snap of you against a plain white background, and upload it to Paspic.com. Paspic.com can turn your photo into a passport quality photograph, print out multiple copies and send them back to you. Get on with your retirement, thanks to the passport photo experts at Paspic!<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:9px;\">Photo: <a target=\"blank\" title=\"Hand in Hand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/garryknight\/5836253352\/sizes\/o\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hand in Hand<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/8176740@N05\/\" target=\"blank\" title=\"garryknight\" rel=\"nofollow\">garryknight<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creative commons 2<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, you\u2019re ready to hang up your suit and tie, or wave goodbye to your apron and spend some time with the family in your golden year. It\u2019s retirement time, and whether you\u2019re going out with a big party, or just hoping to make the transition with minimal fuss, there\u2019s a whole new life awaiting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paspic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}